Just because kids are idiots who’ll buy anything with their favorite character’s face slapped on the box doesn’t mean that toy companies should take advantage of them. Here’s some of the most odious licensed crap to have ever been hawked as “fun” or “worth buying.” http://digg.com/news/lifestyle/9_wholly_unnecessary_licensed_children_s_products_3
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Cartoon for Today, Feb 05, 2012
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Many companies waste millions on R&D, while early-stage marketing can prove a more cost-effective way of developing new products
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Sky-high tuition got you down? Check out our list of 10 moneymaking ideas for college students—easy ways to raise a few bucks without taking an actual job
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Misys Plc, the U.K. software maker that failed to reach a deal to be taken over by Fidelity National Information Services Inc. last August, is in talks to merge with Temenos Group AG of Switzerland.
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Don't worry - he's alive and well! We call him "Hardiman" because of his longevity on the twirl-a-squirrel. This was his second lengthy ride that brought tea... http://digg.com/news/offbeat/squirrel_twirls_like_a_boss
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Brown University senior Malcolm Burnley was working on a class assignment in the library archives last fall when he made a startling discovery: a forgotten speech that Malcolm X, the Muslim minister and human rights activist, had made to the university in 1961. http://digg.com/news/politics/lost_malcolm_x_speech_heard_again_50_years_later
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The population of the planet reached seven billion in October last year, according to the United Nations. But what's the figure for all those who have lived before us?
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IF YOU thought you'd seen everything as far as iPad applications go, you haven't seen the RSPCA's cat app. http://digg.com/news/offbeat/australian_spca_designs_ipad_app_for_kittens_so_they_can_play_games_all_day_long
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A 9-year-old boy at St. Stanislaus Elementary School was immediately and indefinitely suspended Thursday night at a school lip-sync fundraiser after mimicking Michael Jackson’s famous groin grab during a rendition of “Billie Jean.” http://digg.com/news/offbeat/9_year_old_suspended_after_imitating_michael_jackson
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No issue divides more along partisan lines than the importance of environmental protection – 58% of Democrats say it is a top priority, compared with just 27% of Republicans.
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Steve Appleton, who took charge of Micron Technology Inc. at 34 and went on to become the memory- chip industry’s longest-serving chief executive officer, died after crashing an experimental plane in Boise, Idaho. He was 51.
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Telenor ASA has enlisted the help of the Norwegian government to protect its investment in India following the cancellation of 122 mobile-phone licenses by the nation’s top court.
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An anonymous reader writes "Google has just made some interesting changes to their developer pages. As of today, all of the documentation, source code, and firmware images pertaining to CDMA Android devices (including the Verizon Galaxy Nexus) have been removed. A statement from Google explains that the proprietary software required to make these devices fully functional got in the way of Android's open source nature, so CDMA devices are no longer supported as developer hardware. What does this mean for the Galaxy Nexus, which is only available as CDMA in the U.S.?"

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Ever wondered what the facebook pages of Video Game Characters would be like? http://digg.com/news/gaming/video_game_characters_in_real_life_on_facebook_pics
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Good luck with that, there aren't any. If you hesitate when leaping from rope to another, you're not going to last very long. And this is at the heart of what makes innovation work in organizations, why industries die, and...
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Read about three families who are falling out of the middle class and living on the lower end of the income scale. http://digg.com/news/lifestyle/goodbye_middle_class
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The U.S. government said the online hacker group Anonymous intercepted a telephone call between FBI agents and U.K. authorities involving a joint investigation of the group.
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Dubai stocks rose for the fourth time in five days on bets earnings will beat expectations and after the U.S. jobless rate slid to the lowest level in three years, boosting the outlook for the global economy.
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Global emerging-market funds reported a sixth week of inflows as investor confidence in the global economy strengthened, Citigroup Inc. said.
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U.S. stocks rose, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index a fifth straight weekly advance, after reports showed employment in the world’s largest economy topped forecasts and global manufacturing is strengthening.
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European stocks posted the biggest weekly gain this year, sending the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to its highest level in six months, as manufacturing increased globally and the U.S. jobless rate fell to the lowest in three years.
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Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow said he could one day explore politics "if it's something I care about." Tebow said he wouldn't rule out a potential future run for office during an interview with Dave Feherty -- host of the Golf Channel's "Feherty Live" -- that's set to air 10 p.m. http://digg.com/news/politics/tim_tebow_politics_could_be_something_in_my_future
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Some people's futures are determined by popular vote: American Idol contestants, class presidents, and people who want to get gay married in California. But what if every aspect of our lives was determined by our reputation and popularity? Would our futures be better, or would the tyranny of the popular spin us into dystopia? http://digg.com/news/entertainment/science_fiction_futures_ruled_by_the_popular_kids
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Computers store every piece of text using a “character encoding,” which gives a number to each character. For example, the byte 61 stands for ‘a’ and 62 stands for ‘b’ in the ASCII encoding, which was launched in 1963. Before the web, computer systems were siloed, and there were hundreds of different encodings. Depending on the encoding, C1 could mean any of ¡, Ё, Ą, Ħ, ‘, ”, or parts of thousands of characters, from æ to 品. If you brought a file from one computer to another, it could come out as gobbledygook. Unicode was invented to solve that problem: to encode all human languages, from Chinese (中文) to Russian (русский) to Arabic (العربية), and even emoji symbols like or ; it encodes nearly 75,000 Chinese ideographs alone. In the ASCII encoding, there wasn’t even enough room for all the English punctuation (like curly quotes), while Unicode has room for over a million characters. Unicode was first published in 1991, coincidentally the year the World Wide Web debuted—little did anyone realize at the time they would be so important for each other. Today, people can easily share documents on the web, no matter what their language. Every January, we look at the percentage of the webpages in our index that are in different encodings. Here’s what our data looks like with the latest figures*: *Your mileage may vary: these figures may vary somewhat from what other search engines find. The graph lumps together encodings by script. We detect the encoding for each webpage; the ASCII pages just contain ASCII characters, for example. Thanks again to Erik van der Poel for collecting the data. As you can see, Unicode has experienced an 800 percent increase in “market share” since 2006. Note that we separate out ASCII (~16 percent) since it is a subset of most other encodings. When you include ASCII, nearly 80 percent of web documents are in Unicode (UTF-8). The more documents that are in Unicode, the less likely you will see mangled characters (what Japanese call mojibake ) when you’re surfing the web. We’ve long used Unicode as the internal format for all the text Google searches and process: any other encoding is first converted to Unicode. Version 6.1 just released with over 110,000 characters; soon we’ll be updating to that version and to Unicode’s locale data from CLDR 21 (both via ICU ). The continued rise in use of Unicode makes it even easier to do the processing for the many languages that we cover. Without it, our unified index it would be nearly impossible—it’d be a bit like not being able to convert between the hundreds of currencies in the world; commerce would be, well, difficult. Thanks to Unicode, Google is able to help people find information in almost any language. Posted by Mark Davis , International Software Architect http://digg.com/news/story/official_google_blog_unicode_over_60_percent_of_the_web
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Win provides added momentum heading to Tuesday’s caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota. http://digg.com/news/politics/mitt_romney_wins_overwhelming_victory_in_nevada_caucuses
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23-year-old Chen Jung-yu was found dead at an internet cafe in New Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday night. Jung-yu was rigid in his chair with hands on the keyboard and mouse, according to local police... http://digg.com/news/story/gamer_found_dead_in_internet_cafe_nine_hours_later
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An anonymous reader writes "The NY Times recently ran a story on the discovery of a cache of wax cylinder records, recorded in Europe in the 1880s, of Otto von Bismarck, Helmuth von Moltke, and various musicians. 'In June 1889, Edison sent Wangemann to Europe, initially to ensure that the phonograph at the Paris World’s Fair remained in working order. After Paris, Wangemann toured his native Germany, recording musical artists and often visiting the homes of prominent members of society who were fascinated with the talking machine. Until now, the only available recording from Wangemann’s European trip has been a well-known and well-worn cylinder of Brahms playing an excerpt from his first Hungarian Dance. That recording is so damaged "that many listeners can scarcely discern the sound of a piano, which has in turn tarnished the reputations of both Wangemann and the Edison phonograph of the late 1880s," Dr. Feaster said. "These newly unearthed examples vindicate both."'"

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When Mobify CEO Igor Faletski participated in a Google event, he didn't realize that the tech giant could teach him so much about running his startup more effectively. Here are the four lessons he learned and advice on how to put them into action. http://digg.com/news/technology/what_i_learned_from_teaming_up_with_google
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Take this new coffee ad, probably better than anything you'll see on Super Bowl Sunday, but still an ad for a beverage branded by a master filmmaker turned hobbyist mythmaker. http://digg.com/news/offbeat/video_david_lynch_coffee_gets_david_lynch_commercial
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Internet millionaire Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, has appeared in a New Zealand court, describing unwanted approaches from a forger, a fake prosecutor and various female inmates wanting to be pen pals. Watch the video here. http://digg.com/news/technology/megaupload_kim_dotcom_describes_his_strange_prison_encounters_in_new_zealand_court_video
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A police officer in West Clare is in shock after he received a pig’s head in the mail at his family home. http://digg.com/news/offbeat/irish_policeman_receives_pig_s_head_by_registered_mail
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Responsible for one of the most stupid shipping accidents of all time, not to mention the death of thirty or so passengers, Schettino was nevertheless greeted in his home town of Meta di Sorrento (on the south side of the bay of Naples) by a crowd waving banners in his favor and complaining, priest included, [...]
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Sure, there are many video game commercials out there that have invaded our television sets in the past -- but which ones are the greatest?
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Today only, Joe's New Balance Outlet offers the New Balance Men's 790 Running Shoes, model no. M790WB1, for $39.99 plus $4.95 for shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $10. They're available in sizes from 8 to 13.
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Amazon offers the Coomb's Grade B Maple Syrup 32-oz. Jug for $18.22. Add it to your cart via Subscribe and Save to cut it to $15.49. With free shipping, it's $11 under list and the lowest total price we could find, although we did see it for a buck less last spring (since expired).

Remember to cancel "Subscribe & Save" after your order arrives or you'll be billed for subsequent shipments.

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Campmor offers The North Face Men's TKA 100 Microvelour Glacier 1/4 Zip Fleece Pullover Sweater in four colors (Boulder Blue Heather pictured) for 129.96 plus $6.99 for shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find for any color by at least $8. Sales tax is added where applicable. This pullover comes in limited sizes from S to XXL, although not all size/color combinations are available.
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An anonymous reader writes "While America had offered the F-16, F-18 and now the stealth F-35 fighter, India picked for its new multi-role attack jet a low cost, older French plane. Why? For one, it's cheaper, and two, if American/Indian relations go bad, can they get the parts and equipment to keep the planes in the air? It seems prudence beat out the latest in technology."

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Sony offers the Sony DSC-W570 16.1-Megapixel Digital Camera in Silver for $119.99. Coupon code "VDAYSONYW570" cuts it to $79.99. With free shipping, that's tied with our December mention of a refurbished black one (this one is new) and the lowest total price we could find by $59. Sales tax is added where applicable. This point-and-shoot features 720p HD video capture, a 2.7" LCD, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 5x wide-angle optical zoom lens, image stabilization, SD and MS PRO Duo slots, USB, and more.
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Kohl's offers the Nike Men's Classic Wind Jacket in three color combinations (Black/White pictured) for $23.20. Coupon code "SMS7873" drops it to $18.56. With 99 cents for shipping, that's $38 under list and the lowest total price we could find. Sales tax is added where applicable. It's available in sizes from S to XXL, although not in all size/color combinations.
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Running Warehouse knocks an extra 15% off all sale items via coupon code "FB15D". With some shoes already discounted by up to 50% off, that's the best discount we've seen from this merchant in recent weeks. (We saw an additional 25% off sale items in November, since expired.) Plus, all orders receive free shipping via 2-day delivery.
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Interesting article in the NYTimes today that walks through how people use their own mental maps to find their way, building up their sense of direction as they continue to expand and experiment. The problem with using a GPS is that you can end up shutting off this learning process by blindly following what the GPS tells you. There are plenty of stories of GPS experiences gone bad , where users do in fact check their brains at the curb and drive off blindly following the GPS, and while some of the stories are the extreme, I have to think that most people do in fact blindly follow the GPS at some point of the journey.
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You might think the TV show The Good Wife is best suited to middle-aged women (so much so that my fiance enforces reference restraint when we're out with friends). Seriously though, it's one of the best shows on TV. Character Depth! Complex, contemporary issues! And tons of tech. Bear with me. More »



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Plugh writes "In a victory for transparency and openness in government, and saving tax dollars, New Hampshire has passed HB418. State agencies are now required by law to consider open source software when acquiring software, and to promote the use of open data formats."

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Hub's flat-packed Prizm iPad stand is designed to be as light and minimal as possible, separating into two pieces of precision cut thin aluminum that can be easily slipped inside a bag or case alongside your tablet. More »



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Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide.

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Via Raw Story. I have a few questions for Ron Paul: WTF is an “honest rape”? There are dishonest ones? Some rapes are more “honest” than others? So if the trauma is too much for a woman to deal with, … Continue reading →

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An anonymous reader writes "Saad Allami likely never expected that a simple text message of encouragement would have turned his life upside down. But as seen in a similar case of absurd overreaction by authorities, a simple text message is all it takes to have yourself branded as a terrorist. From the article: 'The Quebec man says he was arrested by provincial police while picking up his seven-year-old son at school. A team of police officers stormed into his home, telling his wife she was married to a terrorist. And his work colleagues were detained for hours at the U.S. border because of their connection to him.'"

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Kohl's cuts 60% off a selection of Men's NFL Flannel Lounge Pants, as listed below. Plus, coupon code "SMS7873" cuts an additional 20% off. With 99 cent shipping (per item), that puts each at the lowest total price we could find by at least $23. Sales tax is added where applicable. They're available in sizes from S to XXL, although not all team/size combinations are available. Notables, with prices after additional discount:

• Indianapolis Colts Bootleg Play III Flannel Lounge Pants for $8.96
• Pittsburgh Steelers Bootleg Play III Flannel Lounge Pants for $8.96
• New York Jets Bootleg Play III Flannel Lounge Pants for $8.96
• Washington Redskins Bootleg Play III Flannel Lounge Pants for $8.96
• view all discounted Men's NFL Lounge Pants at Kohl's

Note these won't arrive in time for Super Bowl.

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The best Kickstarter projects are the ones that have videos of the product doing what it claims to do, and are already well-funded when you discover them. Like this amazing Zen Table which creates intricate sand drawings using a metal ball specially designed sculpting head. More »



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(CNN) - Caucuses are currently underway in Nevada, the fifth state to vote on the road to the White House. Mitt Romney is favored to win the Silver State caucuses, becoming the first presidential contender this cycle to win two contests back to back. The caucuses are open to more than 470,000 registered Republicans who [...]

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SpuriousLogic sends this excerpt from a BBC article detailing the suspension of a sales ban on certain Apple products in Germany: "Motorola Mobility had forced Apple to remove several iPad and iPhone models from its online store [yesterday] after enforcing a patent infringement court ruling delivered in December. An appeals court lifted the ban after Apple made a new license payment offer. However, Germany-based users may still face the loss of their push email iCloud service after a separate ruling. 'A suspension like this is available only against a bond, but Apple is almost drowning in cash and obviously won't have had a problem with obtaining and posting a bond.' ... A statement from Apple said: 'All iPad and iPhone models will be back on sale through Apple's online store in Germany shortly.'" Reader DJRumpy points out that Motorola is seeking royalties of 2.25% for Apple's wireless devices in exchange for a license to use Motorola's patents.

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In an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan, Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul was asked whether or not victims of rape should have access to abortion services. He said that while he believes that life begins at the moment of conception, the issue is too complex for him to give an answer that will “satisfy everyone.” In an interview from Las Vegas on Piers Morgan Tonight, Morgan asked whether...

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I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank Kate who perfectly sums up how I, and probably a good chunk of the population, feel about those giant stacks of unclaimed phone books showing up at apartment buildings every year. More »



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There are three lanes, with the left two lanes narrowing into one.  A slight bit further ahead, the traffic from Gallows Road merges into the right lane, map here. Many people from the far left lane merge “unethically,” driving ahead as far as they can, and then asking to be let in at the near-front [...]
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In October, AT&T announced that they would start throttling data usage amongst mobile Unlimited Data Plan users. While AT&T no longer offers an Unlimited Data plan to new customers, many of the original iPhone purchasers are still grandfathered into that plan. Those iPhone users have been able to retain these Unlimited plans, even though AT&T has since moved to a tiered data plan structure. When...

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6pm discounts a selection of shoes, apparel and accessories, as listed below. Plus, all orders qualify for free shipping with no minimum purchase required. That puts many items at or near the lowest total price we could find. Sales end February 6. Notable sales:

• 20% to 80% off Christin Michaels and Brigitte Bailey women's apparel
• 18% to 75% off Skechers men's, women's, and kids' shoes
• 8% to 75% off select luggage from Victorinox, Case Logic, and more
• 8% to 70% off Keen men's, women's, and kids' shoes, apparel, and accessories

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Kalamazoo man defecates on car after downing 20 beers and crashing into several vehicles in downtown parking ramp (Thanks to Chris Lawson)
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New submitter someWebGeek writes "LibreOffice, the community-driven fork of OpenOffice, appears to have a very healthy and growing group of code contributors. The Document Foundation has published new stats that portray the climbing rates of developer involvement both in terms of numbers of people and numbers of code commits. One of the most encouraging aspects, as noted by Ryan Paul in an article at Ars, is that non-corporate code contributions by independent volunteers constitute the largest slice of the latest commit-pie."

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Snake found in hotel trouser press (Thanks to Ralph)
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Yesterday we showed you a few methods for quickly chilling your Superbowl libations, but none are as fast, or easy, as West Coast Chillers new can which lowers the energy drink's temperature by 30 degrees at the push of a button. More »



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Officials testing controversial new drug-testing program meant to prevent beneficiaries from getting 'free ride' Louisiana Introduces New Medicaid Managed Care Program

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"Defendant Hughes placed a bottle rocket in his anus, ignited the fuse, but instead of launching, the bottle rocket blew up in the defendant's rectum, and this startled the plaintiff and caused him to jump back, at which time he...
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J&R offers the Cuisinart Advantage 8-Piece Non-stick Cookware Set in Red for $49.99 with free shipping. That's the best price we could find for this set, and $45 less than the lowest total price we could find for a 10-piece set. It includes an 8" skillet, 10" skillet, 1-quart pot and lid, 3-quart pot and lid, and 6-quart pot and lid.
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Kohl's takes 20% off sitewide via coupon code "SMS464". Plus, it stacks with sale and clearance items, which are already marked up to 80% off. Even better, shipping adds 99 cents per item. Combined, that ties with our mention three days ago as the best general offer we've seen from Kohl's in a month (when there was free shipping). Shipping is free for orders of $75 or more and sales tax is added where applicable. Coupon expires February 11.
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Steve Madden offers free shipping with no minimum required via coupon code "SUPERSHIP". That's the first free shipping offer we've seen from Steve Madden since December. Sales tax is added where applicable and some exclusions (including clearance items and gift cards) apply. Deal ends February 5.
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Iran reenacts Ayatollah Khomeini's 1979 return with cardboard cutout (Thanks to Poker)
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Best Buy offers the Lowepro Versapack 200 All Weather Camera Backpack in Black, model no. LP36111-Peu, for an in-cart price of $64.98. With free shipping, that's tied with our mention from four weeks ago and the lowest total price we could find by $37. Sales tax is added where applicable. It features dual side-entry compartments and is compatible with select digital SLR cameras.
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Man with shorts on head, not covering face, tries to rob bank Bonus Points: Guess the state. (Thanks to Chuck Cody)
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Amazon offers the Coleman Road Trip Beach Shade, model no. 2000002120, for $32.10 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $11. It features two zippered doors, four hanging pockets, a carry bag, and more.
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A sheepherding Swedish rabbit. (Thanks to Joe in Japan and Jeff Meyerson)
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Well that title removes any chance that Business Week, Inc, Forbes, etc will pick it up, and that other than Brad Feld and Mark Suster, no one will reblog/retweet/etc, so we can speak plainly. Fuck yes. (Just making sure…) The past few weeks have been really interesting at Graphicly. We have achieved product/market fit, our [...]

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Dell Home offers the Dell Inspiron 14z Intel Core i5 2.4GHz 14" LED-Backlit Widescreen Notebook in Espresso Black with the Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HS 12.1-Megapixel Digital Camera, model no. 4928B001, and Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 / Premiere Elements 9 for $649.99. With free shipping, that's $175 under the lowest total price we could find for these three items purchased separately, although we saw this bundle for $25 less a week ago, since expired. Sales tax is added where applicable.

The Inspiron includes an Intel Core i5-2430M 2.4GHz Sandy Bridge dual-core processor, 14" 1366x768 LED-backlit widescreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 3.0, webcam, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. The camera features a 3" LCD, 4x optical zoom, 1080p video recording, optical image stabilization, SD/SDHC and MMC card slot, HDMI, USB, and more.

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Give it up for Bowel Surfing Capsule. (Thanks to Randy Voges, who claims he saw them open for the Rolling Kidney Stones.)
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Shop4Tech offers this Earpick with LED Illumination for $2.29. Coupon code "ODS15" cuts it to $1.95. With free shipping, that's tied with our mention from four weeks ago and the lowest total price we could find by $2. It includes two replaceable earpick sizes and one set of tweezers. Coupon expires February 6.
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Puerto Rico plans mass iguana killings (Thanks to Ross, who say Mass Iguana Killings open for Jesus Lizard)
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Family Dollar retail stores offer a Coca-Cola 2 Liter Bottle for 85 cents via this printable coupon. (You can find the coupon in the bottom row.) That's a very low price for two liters of this name-brand soda (or "pop," if you will). Sales tax is added where applicable. Limit four bottles per order. Deal ends February 5.
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New submitter cqwww writes "A small magazine in Victoria, BC just uncovered a massive public traffic surveillance system deployed in Canada. Here's a quote from the article: 'Normally, area police manually key in plate numbers to check suspicious cars in the databases of the Canadian Police Information Center and ICBC. With [Automatic License Plate Recognition], for $27,000, a police cruiser is mounted with two cameras and software that can read license plates on both passing and stationary cars. According to the vendors, thousands of plates can be read hourly with 95-98 percent accuracy. ... In August 2011, VicPD Information and Privacy Manager Debra Taylor called me to explain that, even though VicPD had the ALPR system in one of their cruisers, the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] ran the system, and I should contact them for any information. "We actually don’t have a program," Taylor said. "We don’t have any documents per se." ... A month later, Taylor handed over 600 pages. ... [The claim they kept no documents] was apparently only in reference to digital information. VicPD had kept 500 pages of written, hard-copy logs of every ALPR hit they’d ever seen.'"

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If you want Super Bowl stats, the self-described computational knowledge engine Wolfram|Alpha is the place to break down all the key Super Bowl 46 numbers before the New England Patriots and New York Giants game kicks off tomorrow night.
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A platform is useless without dedicated developers. Brandon Watson, former head of the Windows Phone Developer Experience, knows this better than anyone. Knowledge he will surely carry over to his new gig as director of Amazon's Kindle Cross Platform team. More »



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Kohls offers several SONOMA life + style wine glass 4-packs for $7.99. Coupon code "SMS464" cuts it to $6.39. With 99 cents for shipping per item, that's the lowest total price we could find for any such 4-pack of wine glasses by $3. Sales tax is added where applicable. The deals, each after coupon:

• SONOMA life + style White Wine Glass 4-Pack for $6.39
• SONOMA life + style Red Wine Glass 4-Pack (pictured) for $6.39
• SONOMA life + style Stemless White Wine Glass 4-Pack for $6.39
• SONOMA life + style Stemless Red Wine Glass 4-Pack for $6.39

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Backstreet Shoes via eBay offers Skechers Women's Keepsakes Boots in a variety of styles and colors for $24.99 with free shipping. That's tied with last week's mention, with each style at the best price we could find by at least $15. Choose from Birdie in Black or Chocolate, Brrr in Charcoal, and Lucky One in Black, Charcoal, or Sand. They're available in sizes 5 through 11, although not all styles come in all sizes.
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Tweet Widget Facebook Like Vetoes by Russia and China of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria are a betrayal of the Syrian people, Human Rights Watch said today. A resolution urging the Syrian government to end all human rights violations and cooperate with the UN commission of inquiry and the Arab League observer mission was approved by 13 council members, including India, South Africa,...

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For its newsletter subscribers only, newegg offers the Garmin nüvi 1390T 4.3" Widescreen Portable GPS Navigation System with Lifetime Traffic, model no. 010-00782-02, for $129.99. Coupon code "EMCYTZT1138" drops it to $99.99. With free shipping, that's $10 under our August mention and the lowest total price we could find by $20. It's also within a buck of the best price we've seen for this GPS. (We saw it for $99 shipped last year; it was a refurb.) It features a 4.3" touchscreen LCD, lifetime traffic updates, text-to-speech, preloaded maps of North America, 6,000,000 points of interest (POIs) database, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, USB connectivity, and more. Offer expires February 5.
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Backwoods takes 50% off select Vibram FiveFingers shoes. Men's shoes start at $40, and women's shoes start at $45. With free shipping, that's the best deal we've seen on these items from Backwoods, as it yields several price lows. Sales tax is added where applicable. Styles on sale include Men's and Women's KSO Trek, Treksport, Bikila, and more.

A best bet are these Vibram Women's Bikila Fivefingers Shoes in Sky Blue/Gray (pictured) for $45 with free shipping. That's $36 under our mention last spring and the lowest total price we could find for these shoes in any color now by $15. They're available in European sizes 36 to 42.

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It's clear that the consumption of energy has external effects that impact more than just the person who is paying for it. Geopolitical, health and economic issues come to the neighbors and nearby citizens of entities that are using a...
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Overstock.com offers the refurbished Wolfgang Puck Glass Top Infrared Single Burner for $27.49 plus $2.95 for shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $5. (For further comparison, a new one goes for $37 more elsewhere.) This 1,200-watt burner features a gradual power regulator plus individual thermostatic control. A book of recipes is also included.

A 1-year "Distributor" warranty applies.

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Whenever I go get an oil change (often, whenever I find myself with a good coupon to a local oil change service provider), I always notice that little sticker in the corner of my windshield that they affix during the oil change. Usually, it lists the mileage at which I should get my next oil [...]
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The hard plastic wheels used on skateboards usually means they're relegated to only gleaming the cube on smoother surfaces like sidewalks. That's not the case with Rockboard's Descender, which adds tank-like treads for all-terrain ollies and kickflips. More »



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Adorama Camera offers the Canon EOS 60D 18-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera Body, model no. 4460B003, for $899. Coupon code "S1234567" cuts it to $839. With free shipping, that's tied with our expired mention two days ago and the lowest total price we could find by $40. (RytherCamera also offers it at that price.) It features a 3" LCD, 5.3 frames-per-second burst mode, 9-point AF system, SD/SDHC card slot, USB 2.0 connectivity, and more. Deal ends February 5.
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New submitter beta2 writes "Several articles are noting that the German IT security agency BSI is endorsing Google Chrome browser: 'BSI ticked off Chrome's anti-exploit sandbox technology, which isolates the browser from the operating system and the rest of the computer; its silent update mechanism and Chrome's habit of bundling Adobe Flash, as its reasons for the recommendation. ... BSI also recommended Adobe Reader X — the version of the popular PDF reader that, like Chrome, relies on a sandbox to protect users from exploits — and urged citizens to use Windows' Auto Update feature to keep their PCs abreast of all OS security fixes. To update applications, BSI gave a nod to Secunia's Personal Software Inspector, a free utility that scan a computer for outdated software and point users to appropriate downloads.'"

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Kohl's takes up to 75% off a selection of SONOMA life + style home furniture, as listed below. Plus, coupon code "SMS7873" knocks an extra 20% off. Shipping adds 99 cents per item, or spend over $75 (before coupon) for free shipping. Each item is at or near the lowest total price we've seen. Sales tax is added where applicable. The furniture, all after the above 20% off coupon:

• SONOMA life + style Swivel Counter Stool for $22.40
• SONOMA life + style Storage Ottoman for $23.99
• SONOMA life + style Wine Rack for $40
• SONOMA life + style Heritage Cocktail Table for $47.99
• SONOMA life + style Heritage Desk for $47.99
• SONOMA life + style Tufted Storage Ottoman for $79.99
• SONOMA life + style Bar Stool & Table Set (pictured) for $111.99

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Beach Camera via eBay offers the Pioneer SE-A1000 Studio Quality Headphones in Black for $69 with free shipping. (newegg charges $1 more.) That's a buck under our April mention and the lowest total price we could find by $21. These headphones feature a frequency response of 10Hz to 30,000Hz, 50mm drivers, and more. Offer expires February 7 at 1:32 pm ET.
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Target offers the Bodum 15-oz. Travel French Press Coffeemaker for $8.98 plus $5.56 for shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $12. Sales tax is added where applicable. It comes with a press lid and a spill-resistant lid.
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Cabela's offers The North Face Women's Ear Gear Headband in Moonlight Ivory for $12.99. With 1 cent shipping via coupon code "22PENNY", that's the lowest total price we could find by $7. Sales tax is added where applicable. It features a W.L. Gore’s WindStopper shell and a Fieldsensor brushed polyester tricot lining.
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Remember Dustin McCombs, the rapist suspect who taunted the police in Facebook? Not surprisingly, he was captured by U.S. Marshals in Ohio after their colleagues from the Gulf Coast Regional Task in Birmingham gave them a tip about his whereabouts, presumably using internet address location information. More »



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eldavojohn writes "Using radio telescope data, scientists from around the world have plotted the Milky Way Galaxy's magnetic field in the form of Faraday Depth. From the article, 'For 150 years, scientists have measured cosmic magnetic field by observing the Faraday effect. They know that when polarized light passes though a magnetized medium, the plane of polarization turns. This concept is called Faraday rotation. The strength and direction of the magnetic field governs the amount of rotation that occurs. So scientists observe the rotation to investigate the magnetic fields' properties. Radio astronomers study the polarized light from distant radio source, passing through the Milky Way on the way to Earth, in order to measure our Galaxy's magnetic field. By measuring the polarization of the light sources at different frequencies, researchers can determine the amount of Faraday rotation.' In the future, radio telescope technologies like LOFAR, eVLA, ASKAP, MeerKAT and the SKA hope to provide enhanced Faraday rotation data so scientists can better understand turbulence in galactic gas and these galactic magnetic field structures."

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JCPenney offers the cooks Belgian Flip Waffle Maker for $18. Coupon code "12JANAPP" cuts it to $15.30. Shipping adds $6, or choose free in-store pickup. That's $9 under the lowest total price we could find for a similar waffle maker elsewhere. (We listed this model for $5 less in November, but that price included a mail-in rebate.) Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include adjustable temperature control, rotation to ensure even baking, non-stick cooking surfaces, and more.
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Toys "R" Us offers preorders of SSX for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 for $44.99 with free shipping. (newegg charges the same for both PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.) That ties last week's mention as the lowest total price we could find for either platform by $12. Sales tax is added where applicable. It's set for release on February 28.
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Target offers the Merona Zipper Tote for $14.98. Shipping adds $4.99, or get free shipping when you spend over $50 on eligible items. That's $15 off list and the lowest total price we could find. Sales tax is added where applicable. It features a zippered exterior front pocket, interior slit pocket, interior cell phone pocket, and interior zippered pocket.
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Living Social offers a $30 Red Envelope Credit for $15. That ties last month's mention and is just the third Red Envelope credit we've seen in nearly a year. (We listed a $40 credit deal for $20 on Cyber Monday.) Plus, the credit can be used toward the cost of shipping and gift-wrapping. (Shipping starts at $9.99.) The voucher expires April 30. Deal ends February 7.
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Microphones can't discriminate what they hear, which can lead to noisy conversations if you're careening down a snowy hill. But by picking up the vibrations in your skull while you talk, Buhel's new SpeakGoggle G33s promise to clearly decipher every word. More »



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jrepin writes "This new book Open Advice is the answer to: 'What would you have liked to know when you started contributing?' 42 prominent free and open source software contributors give insights into the many different talents it takes to make a successful software project; coding, of course, but also design, translation, marketing and other skills. They are here to give you a head start if you are new. And if you have been contributing for a while already, they are here to give you some insight into other areas and projects."

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100% whole wheat, 12 Grain, 7 Grain, German Dark Wheat, Health Nut, Healthy Multi-grain, Honey Whole Wheat, Oatnut, Country Oat Bran, Country Wheat, Country White, Country Whole Grain White, Healthfull 10 Grain, Healthfull Flax and Fiber, Healthfull Hearty Wheat, Healthy Nutty Grain, Double Fiber, Double Protein, Grains & More Flax and fiber, Triple Health, Dutch [...]
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So by now we've realized that Siri isn't the end all of personal assistants that Apple claimed it would be. In fact, as Nick Douglas discovered, she's particularly unhelpful when it comes to assisting with your morning exercise routine. More »



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Google Docs now enabes users with Android smartphones and tablets to access their files offline. Google is adding the feature to help users access documents in their online Google Docs account at times when they may not have an Internet connection.
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mikejuk writes "Quantum computing is currently a major area of research — but is this all a waste of effort? Now Scott Aaronson, a well-known MIT computer scientist, has offered a prize of $100,000 for any proof that quantum computers are impossible: 'I'm now offering a US$100,000 award for a demonstration, convincing to me, that scalable quantum computing is impossible in the physical world.' Notice the two important conditions — 'physical world' and 'scalable.' The proof doesn't have to rule out tiny 'toy' quantum computers, only those that could do any useful work."

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I am proud to share the news that Google Summer of Code 2012 was announced this morning at FOSDEM . This will be the 8th year for Google Summer of Code , an innovative program dedicated to introducing students from colleges and universities around the world to open source software development. The program offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects with the...

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Activists said the death toll climbed to 260 in an attack Saturday on Homs, a claim the Syrian government flatly denied ahead of a meeting scheduled for Saturday at the United Nations Security Council.

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Here are the three cities of Sunday's Super Bowl as seen from space: New York City (Giants), Greater Boston area (Patriots), and the host city, Indianapolis, Indiana. The high definition images were captured by NASA's Landsat 7. More »



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Mitt Romney’s statement that the “very poor” don’t concern him comes as the portion of Americans living in deep poverty is the highest in 35 years
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I first heard the word “grinfucker” a decade or so ago from a close friend who was a former investment banker. He said, in response to a meeting we were in with a person who was very polite and charming “he’s such a grinfucker.” I loved the word and, as I found out later, it [...]
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theodp writes "The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas. The offer was made during a live online town hall after the ex-TI engineer's wife questioned the government's policy concerning H-1B visa workers. Obama asked for EE Darin Wedel's resume and said he would 'forward it to some of these companies that are telling me they can't find enough engineers in this field.' While grateful, patent-holder Wedel said the president's view on the job prospects for engineers in his field 'is definitely not what's happening in the real world.' Duke adjunct professor Vivek Wadhwa offered his frank take on 40-year-old Wedel's predicament: 'The No. 1 issue in the tech world is as people get older, they generally become more expensive. So if you're an employer who can hire a worker fresh out of college who is making $60,000 versus an older worker who is making $150,000, and the younger worker has skills that are fresher, who would you hire?' Coincidentally, Texas Instruments sought President Obama's help in reducing restrictions on the hiring of younger foreign workers in 2009, the same year it laid off Wedel."

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Leadership guru Warren Bennis asked whether leaders are born or made. When asked if Wall Street would accept a young Mark Zuckerberg in his early 20s as CEO, Facebook investor Peter Thiel said: “Well, we’ll wait until he’s over 25 to file”. Wise move, considering that Mark’s title on his business cards read “I’m CEO, bitch”. This week Facebook filed its S-1 to go public. Mark is 27. How Mark...

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Google, Microsoft and Facebook are teaming up with banks and security vendors to create The Domain-based Authentication, Reporting and Conformance group (DMARC) group, which seeks to develop a platform that can weed out potential phishing messages.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao raised the prospect of contributing to the euro-area’s bailout programs, telling Chancellor Angela Merkel that China may be prepared to assist in resolving its debt crisis.
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scottbomb writes "This is perhaps the best op-ed I've read about the whole SOPA/PIPA controversy. The author challenges Hollywood to re-think their entire business model. It will undoubtedly fall on deaf ears, for now. But sooner or later, they will have no choice but to adapt. From the article: 'Now that the SOPA and PIPA fights have died down, and Hollywood prepares their next salvo against internet freedom with ACTA and PCIP, it's worth pausing to consider how the war on piracy could actually be won. It can't, is the short answer, and one these companies do not want to hear as they put their fingers in their ears and start yelling.'"

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More people will be making their homes among the banks and insurance companies of central London as a shrinking financial industry and the prospect of leasing out buildings for free prompts landlords to convert offices into luxury apartments.
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Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Mortimer Adler on drudgework I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad idea to work simply for the money sometimes. “Work that is pure toil, done solely for the sake [...]
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The Sun? Clouds? Little wavy lines? These cryptic icons used by meteorologists only serve to confuse those of us wanting to know tomorrow's forecast. So Robb Godshaw created this easy-to-understand forecasting device that lets you feel what tomorrow's temperature will be. More »



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Hugh Pickens writes "PC Magazine reports that Ting, a new reseller of Sprint's voice, 3G and WiMax services, has a new approach to mobile pricing that lets customers buy minutes, messages, and data separately, and allows households to pool them to an unlimited number of phones and data devices on one account. 'Household data plans are the next step for consumers, mainly because people are adding more connected screens and devices to their lifestyle,' writes Kevin Tofel. 'And different household members have different data needs; some use a little while others consume gobs of gigabytes. Why not average out the usage across multiple devices?' Both AT&T and Verizon have hinted at offering shared data plans in the future, but the devil's in the details, says Tofel. 'My hope is that family data plans come soon, to all carriers, just like we have for family voice and messaging plans.'"

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Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs emailed Google to ask the firm to stop trying to recruit its staff, according to court documents made public in an investigation into the hiring policies in place at several major technology companies.
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While most of Facebook’s more than 800 million users are women, and females are more active social networkers, the company’s board lacks women and minority members
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This is the kind of thing that happens in the age of the Internet and Kickstarter. My daughter Emily told me one of her friends was involved in opening an art gallery and they are using Kickstarter to raise the...
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The GOP Establishment we keep hearing about is real, and it is also doomed. That will not change whether the Establishment’s candidate Mitt Romney wins in November or not. After the election, the battle really starts; what is happening now are just skirmishes in a fight for control of the Republican Party. Not the soul of [...]

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Tech writer MG Siegler just noted a remarkable fact : Apple's iPhone business alone is now bigger than Microsoft. Think about that. The iPhone did not exist five years ago. And now it's bigger than Microsoft. It also appears to be considerably more profitable. In the December quarter, Apple's iPhone business generated $24.4 billion of revenue . Microsoft's whole company, meanwhile, from Windows...

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Twitter and Facebook gave oxygen to wildfire protest.

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Teens haven't adopted Twitter as quickly as other demographics, but that could be changing.

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