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10 Terrible Tips for Longer Battery Life

10 Terrible Tips for Longer Battery Life #humor #batteries

This Week's Best iPhone Apps

This Week's Best iPhone Apps #iphoneapps #theweekiniphoneapp

10 Classic Analog Games Defiled By Digital

10 Classic Analog Games Defiled By Digital #tgif #games

The iPhone-to-Android Switch: 10 Things You Need to Know

The iPhone-to-Android Switch: 10 Things You Need to Know #android #iphone

A Bunch of Ridiculous New Peeks to Follow the TwitterPeek

A Bunch of Ridiculous New Peeks to Follow the TwitterPeek #humor #twitterpeek

20 Terrifyingly Toxic Fast Food Photos

20 Terrifyingly Toxic Fast Food Photos #shootingchallenge #fastfood

HD Media Player Battlemodo: Apple TV Killers

HD Media Player Battlemodo: Apple TV Killers #battlemodo #hdmediaplayers

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  • #apple

    Apple TV 3.01 Update Saves Your Data From "Temporarily Disappearing"

    Word to the wise: Update your Apple TV to 3.01 stat, else suffer the strange data disappearing act some users report is occurring with 3.0 during syncing. It's important to note the data was not deleted, just "invisible." More »
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  • #bowling

    Surely, This Remote-Controlled Bowling Ball Is the Devil's Contraption

    You thought Walter and the Dude got mad when that guy stepped over the line in The Big Lebowski? Just wait until they run into this bewitched remote control bowling ball. The Dude most certainly does not abide, man. More »
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    By Jack Loftus
  • Yesterday - November 7, 2009
  • #art

    Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee

    Sure this reproduction of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam is a lil' bit perverted by the inclusion of a coffee cup, but look closer. The entire masterpiece was painted using only coffee More »
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    By Rosa Golijan
  • #fashion

    MIT Media Lab: Electronic Wallpaper, Conductive Threads and More

    Diana Eng, who you might remember as Project Runway's premiere nerd designer, took a look at MIT's Media Lab and found some pretty cool stuff, mostly run off of Arduino microcontrollers. Check it out below. More »
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    By Dan Nosowitz
  • #techsupport

    64% of Men Don’t RTFM Before Calling Tech Support

    Gadget Helpline, a UK tech support service, found that well over half of their male customers didn't even bother to read the manual before calling tech support. C'mon guys, is that the best we can do? More »
    08:30 PM
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    By Chris Jacob
  • #architecture

    The Cité du Design Certainly Lives Up to Its Name

    This gorgeous building in France is more than just a pretty complex. The Cité du Design does one of the best jobs I've ever seen at concealing the solar panels that help power the structure. More »
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    By Chris Jacob
  • #hackintosh

    Latest Snow Leopard Developer Build Breaks Hackintosh Support... Again

    Enough with the back and forth already, Apple. If you're going to kill Atom support then just kill it. Don't toy with us, taking and giving like some sort of merciless god. More »
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  • #nokia

    Nokia Booklet 3G Landing November 15 at Best Buy

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  • #music

    BlueBeat’s Innovative Defense That Will Never Hold Up in Court

    Hank Risan was ordered to pull The Beatles' catalog from the BlueBeat website this week, but those weren't the actual recordings. The tracks were "psycho-acoustic simulations" of the songs. Too bad that defense will never hold up in court. More »
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    By Chris Jacob
  • #apple

    Watch Jonathan Ive's Segment in Objectified

    Objectified, Gary Hustwit's look at the world of industrial design, featured a lengthy section on Apple Chief Designer Jon Ive—and now that clip is online for impatient Apple fans to see. [Brainstorm Tech] More »
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    By Dan Nosowitz
  • #robots

    Robot Cow Rectum: For Educational, not Recreational, Purposes

    The ‘Haptic Cow' recently won Sarah Baillie the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award. Hear that, Adam Frucci? It's for learning. Don't get any ideas. More »
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    By Chris Jacob
  • #hacking

    Microsoft COFEE, Some of the Most Illegal Software You Can Pirate

    Apparently Microsoft's COFEE software that helps law enforcement grab data from password protected or encrypted sources is leaking all over the internet. So not only can you steal the software, but break the law by using it too. More »
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    By Chris Jacob
  • #nas

    Building a NAS? Skip the Performance Drives

    A while ago I was considering putting low-powered 5400 RPM drives into a NAS. I was worried about performance, but Tom's Hardware shows us that drive speed isn't the bottleneck, and how slower drives can even beat faster ones. More »
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    By Chris Jacob
  • #rumor

    The iPhone Nano Rumor Strikes Again: Coming to Verizon in 2010?

    The latest round of iPhone rumors reads like a roundup of everything we've heard before. Now the mythical iPhone nano is back, and supposedly said device will be coming to Verizon in 2010 featuring a new hybrid cellular radio. More »
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  • #8bitwedding

    8-Bit Wedding Invitation Acknowledges the Marital Bickering to Come

    I love this 8-bit wedding invitation. Not only for the design, but because it not-so-subtly portrays marriage as a prolonged Street Fighter match. More »
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  • #zunehd

    Zune HD Update 4.3: Speedier Browser, Predictive Text and More

    Zune HD users should be able to download the latest firmware update now, and it's substantial enough to warrant grabbing ASAP. There's a speedier browser, predictive text entry (a la iPhone), and that's just the beginning. Updated: More »
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  • #facebook

    Hello Facebook User, I'm a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance...

    Facebook ad scamming is on the rise, unsurprising for a site gaining a huge user base—what is surprising, if the allegation proves true, is Facebook's complicity in allowing the dodgy ads. More »
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    By Don Nguyen
  • #iphone

    Gigabyte BIOS Update Fixes iPhone Syncing Issues

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  • #dealzmodo

    Dealzmodo: $100 Xbox 360 at Amazon, More Electronics Deals All Day Long

    Remember that Walmart ad featuring a $100 Xbox? Well, Amazon is matching the offer, so you can skip the crowds. There'll be other electronics deals running all day starting at 9 a.m. EST. Update: More »
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    By Chris Jacob
  • #humor

    10 Terrible Tips for Longer Battery Life

    Nowadays, everything comes with a rechargeable battery, but who knew that getting long battery life could get soooo confusing? Here are 10 expert-backed tips to keep you from running low on the juice: More »
    02:00 AM
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    By Wilson Rothman
  • #nsfw

    This Inflating Bra Commercial Left Me Confused Yet Reaching For My Wallet

    Based on my non-existent Chinese skills, I managed to understand that this inflatable bra makes boobs big, BIG, BIG. And I guess it comes with odd sound effects included? Can someone watch please this commercial and translate for me? More »
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    By Rosa Golijan
  • Friday - November 6, 2009
  • #architecture

    Office Building Or Home To A Super Heroine?

    Switzerland gets all the cool offices. This particular one's dubbed "Cocoon" and acts as headquarters for an architecture firm. I prefer to imagine it as home to a super heroine who zoom-zoom-zips down that spiral and saves the day. More »
    11:25 PM
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    By Rosa Golijan
  • #iphoneapps

    New For iPhone: 2 Balls 1 Cup

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  • #bags

    Pangolin Backpack

    The Pangolin is a spiny anteater covered in razor sharp scales, with razor sharp claws, that can shoot acid out of its anus. This backpack is inspired by the creature. More »
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    By Brian Lam
  • #retromodo

    Computers Are Scary, But Steve Allen Is Here to Help

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  • #diy

    5,000 Volts Is More Than Enough Power To Crush a Soda Can

    Bob Davis scored a complete power supply including a 5 KV transformer, 100 uf Capacitor and a contactor on eBay for $100 and did what any sane person would do—he built a can crusher. More »
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    By Sean Fallon
  • #evilgeniuses

    My Favorite Top 10 List Today: The Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time

    Ooooh, io9's fantastic Charlie Jane Anders has a Friday treat for us: The Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses of All Time. This was definitely one of my favorite reads today and I particularly agreed with number two. [Io9]
    08:00 PM
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    By Rosa Golijan
  • #nanoparticles

    Nanoparticles Can Rip Your DNA Apart Without Ever Touching It

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  • #rc

    The G-Bound RC Car Drives On Water

    It's no miracle, the G-Bound remote control car can drive over water thanks to a waterproof chassis and inflatable tires. More »
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    By Sean Fallon
  • #intel

    Intel Swears That It's Gonna Stop Its Firmware From Bricking Any More SSDs

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  • #diy

    DIY Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator Almost Makes Regular Bluetooth Headsets Look Stylish

    06:40 PM
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  • #2012

    Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World

    Director Roland Emmerich knows how to blow humanity to smithereens. He did it in Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow and now 2012. We talked to the apocalypse-master himself, who explained that there are 8 simple rules for ending the world. [io9]
    06:38 PM
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    By Meredith Woerner
  • #iphoneapps

    This Week's Best iPhone Apps

    In this week's never-gonna-switch-so-stop-asking app roundup: Free games, reinvented! Airplane anxiety, averted! Photos, wirelessly printed! Cool apps, discovered by other cool apps! Navigation, cheapened! Black Friday rush, preempted! Google Wave, appified! Screens, pointlessly tapped! And more! More »
    06:20 PM
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    By John Herrman
  • #google

    The Queen of Google: "I Do Code All Night!"

    This is Marissa Mayer, the queen of Google. Every Google thing that you use goes through her. And she's nerd. So she says, sitting on her red ball in that red dress: More »
    06:19 PM
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    By matt buchanan
  • #spork

    The Folding Titanium Spork Is the Ultimate Portable Eating Utensil

    As the resident expert on the spork, I wholeheartedly endorse this super-rugged titanium folding combination bottle opener and spork design. [Tad Gear via The Awesomer]
    06:00 PM
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    By Sean Fallon
  • #lawsuits

    Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D

    In 1989, Franz A. Wakefield invented the iPod, the iPhone, and iTunes. Then the FBI stole his trade secrets and he confided in Sarah Jessica Parker and now he's suing her and Apple...and my head's spinning. More »
    05:45 PM
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    By Rosa Golijan
  • #surveillance

    The Next Room Eavesdropping Device Is Way Better Than a Drinking Glass

    05:20 PM
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  • #diy

    Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable For Better Home Networking

    05:00 PM
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  • #tgif

    10 Classic Analog Games Defiled By Digital

    So, I'm doing the Mindflex game review, and I start thinking about the evolution of classic board games. Personally, I like the fact that many of them got a 21st century makeover. These 10 games may have purists thinking otherwise. More »
    Feature
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    By Sean Fallon
  • #inventions

    A History of the Theater Gimmicks Meant to Save Hollywood [Gawker]

    04:26 PM
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  • #mouse

    OpenOfficeMouse Is An 18 Button Freak, But I Want It

    18 programmable buttons. E-I-G-H-T-E-E-N! Forget the 512k of flash memory, analog Xbox 360-style joystick, basic scroll wheel and whatever-else-is-in-there. 18 buttons! Yes, I'm a button lover. Yes, I just had an orgasm. And yes, I will waste $75 on this. More »
    04:19 PM
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    By Rosa Golijan
  • #android

    The iPhone-to-Android Switch: 10 Things You Need to Know

    You've had it. Maybe with AT&T. Maybe with Apple's crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you're going to Android: Land of freedom, carriers not named AT&T, and the great Google. Here's what you need to know. More »
    Feature
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    By matt buchanan
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