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Google refines searching, adds a “human touch” to results

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May 18   Leave a Comment  

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Knowledge Graph coming, like now

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Senators attack Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin for dodging taxes by renouncing US citizenship

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May 17   Leave a Comment  

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He wants to avoid $67 million tax bill

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Pinterest gains $100 million in funding, bringing e-commerce with the help of Rakuten

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May 17   Leave a Comment  

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Let’s monetize!

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Should NASA build a real Starship Enterprise?

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May 17   Leave a Comment  

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One Trekkie who grew up to be a real engineer thinks so

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Easy Reader Contest — Verbatim’s New Store ‘n’ Go V3 USB 3.0 Drives

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May 15   5 Comments  

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Comment, tweet, win

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Class of 2012 grads gadget gift guide

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May 15   Leave a Comment  

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Give that grad one last thrill before the loans come due

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The Green Geek gives cyber security advice

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May 15   Leave a Comment  

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Up, up, and away with malware!

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Analysis: Defending yourself from internet crime

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May 14   Leave a Comment  

Never leave home without your IT security awareness. (Media credit/NOAA)

Looking at an FBI cybercrime report

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Discussing the impact of motorized vehicles in wilderness areas

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May 12   1 Comment  

A key element of the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act now making its way through Congress would allow motorized vehicles and equipment into wilderness areas, undermine 1964’s Wilderness Act which expressly bans motor vehicles on these last wild vestiges of untrammeled American land. (Comstock)

Destroying what you claim to love

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Coming Soon: Oil drilling on the Arctic Ocean’s outer continental shelf

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May 7   1 Comment  

Despite U.S. Geological Survey warnings that drilling in waters north of Alaska could have deleterious effects on ocean habitats and wildlife, the Obama administration proceeded with a lifting of the moratorium on off-shore drilling. Pictured: An Oiled brown pelican awaits cleaning in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Including plenty of darkly-colored animals!

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Red Bull Launchpad — Ideas wanted

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May 3   Leave a Comment  

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Newer, crazier stunts

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WordPress developer WooThemes hacked

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May 1   2 Comments  

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Blast events calendar shuttered as a precaution

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Cloud computing has a substantial footprint

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April 28   3 Comments  

Greenpeace wants companies like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft to make smarter, cleaner energy choices now that "cloud computing" services have ratcheted up power consumption considerably. (Media credit/Wichary via Flickr)

Power numbers through the roof

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ODOC tries Kickstarter to create a sleek, portable iPhone dock

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April 27   Leave a Comment  

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Hot new potential gadget makes waves

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Google Drive — Cloud storage becomes habit-forming

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April 25   Leave a Comment  

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Have we seen this before?

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What’s your iPad buyer’s IQ? Take the quiz

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April 22   3 Comments  

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Don’t buy until you take our test!

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“Spring Cleaning” gadgets gift guide

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April 22   4 Comments  

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Clean up and clean out your space with … new stuff!

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Reports: Next iPhone coming in October, will be 4G and made of “Liquidmetal”

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April 20   Leave a Comment  

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Blame Qualcomm for not getting it this summer

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Update: About 6 million Gmail users lost service Tuesday for about an hour

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April 17   Leave a Comment  

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No word on cause

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Are there health or environmental concerns with LED lights?

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April 15   3 Comments  

LED bulbs appear poised to displace compact fluorescents (CFLs) as the king-of-the-hill of green bulbs, but a study published in late 2010 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology found that LEDs contain lead, arsenic and a dozen other potentially dangerous substances. (Thinkstock)

The dark side of lighting

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