What Dad Wants For Father's Day According To 9 Real Dads
Sure you don't want to buy Dad another tie or money clip, but chances are you're totally over-thinking this Father's Day thing. Keep it simple with these nifty gadgets (or should we say "dadgets"?)....
View ArticleMan Allegedly Steals Woman's iPod, Friends Her On Facebook The Next Day
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say that a 28-year-old man suspected of robbing a woman at a Washington ferry terminal friended her on Facebook the next day. The Kitsap Sun reports Saturday...
View ArticleParvo Trial Shows Promising Results In Effort To Combat Puppy Virus
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (AP) — A North Dakota company that discovered an antibody technology while trying to cure flocks of dying geese is using its research for a more warm and fuzzy purpose: saving...
View ArticleBig Demand For Buried Atari Games, Including So-Called Worst Video Game Ever...
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Officials in southeastern New Mexico began work on a plan this week to divide a cache of Atari video games dug up from an old landfill last month. Joe Lewandowski, a consultant...
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Ryan Chamberlain, Suspect In FBI Manhunt, Allegedly Posts Suicide Note Online
A San Francisco man wanted by the FBI for allegedly possessing explosives posted an ominous online note while authorities continued their manhunt. A message entitled "Goodbye" reportedly written by...
View ArticleShould the U.S. Have Google's 'Right to Be Forgotten' Too?
Google recently unveiled a system which enables citizens of the European Union to ask the search engine to remove results from its listings. The move comes in response to a landmark European Union...
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Turn it Off: Cell Phones and Concert Culture
By Zach Silva My friends and I had never been to Wicker Park before. We were told that as fans of “hipster” culture, we would be right at home among the old record and book stores and trendy eateries....
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Astronomers Discover Mega-Earth Exoplanet, Call It 'Godzilla Of Earths'
It's like Earth -- only 17 times more massive. On Monday, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said they had identified a new type of planet previously unknown to science....
View ArticleApple Dropped The Biggest Hint Yet That An 'iWatch' Is Coming
Apple just offered the most tantalizing clues yet that an "iWatch" is coming. At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday in San Francisco, Apple executives showed off the latest versions of...
View ArticleManhunt For San Francisco Social Media Consultant Ends
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco social media maven and former political consultant who was wanted on suspicion of possessing explosives has been taken into custody after a three-day manhunt....
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Why Your Empty Facebook Profile Is A Good Sign
The way you share information on Facebook reveals more than you think. In a recent study, Yeslam Al-Saggaf and Sharon Nielsen of Charles Sturt University in Australia argued Facebook users who felt...
View ArticleHow To Get Everyone To Put Away Their Damn Phones At Your Party
A rogue text chime during a wedding ceremony. An errant cell phone alarm during a bar mitzvah. A guest not-so-discreetly thumbing a phone under the table during a dinner party. If you've ever planned a...
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Leaky WiFi leaks App data
Recently a settlement was obtained between 2 companies with the FTC. The charge was that these organizations failed to secure their mobile apps, which put consumer’s private data at risk. The FTC says...
View ArticleHi-Tech Mouth Guard Could Be Game Changer In Concussion Treatment
When Anthony Gonzales received a hard tackle while playing rugby in 2011, he didn't know if he had a concussion -- despite showing possible symptoms. His story is a common one among young athletes -- a...
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Cowbird: Making the Web Better for Humans
Three years ago, on the eve of unveiling his storytelling and photo-sharing platform, Cowbird, Jonathan Harris called his investors and gave back their $500K investment. Rather than caving into...
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Saturn's Northern Lights Glow Luminous Blue In New Hubble Photos
Saturn's northern lights dance in ethereal blue light in a series of amazing images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Bright flashes of auroras glow against the blue backdrop of Saturn's north...
View ArticleU.S. Takes Down Crime Ring That Infected Over 500,000 Computers
(Reuters) - A U.S.-led international operation disrupted a crime ring that infected hundreds of thousands of PCs around the globe with malicious software used for stealing banking credentials and...
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You're Using Instagram All Wrong
Late last year, Instagram started to really bug me. My feed was quickly losing its consumption value. It would be accurate to say that I felt I had immeasurably spent way too much time staring at (and...
View ArticleHow to (Really) Get Girls Into Coding
I am a woman. I am a mother. I am an technology entrepreneur. I am a coder. I am not good at it but I know enough to be dangerous and have an intelligent conversation with my development team. I am...
View ArticleTech Titans From Both Parties Get Behind Super PAC To End All Super PACs
WASHINGTON -- Big-name technology titans from different ideological backgrounds are backing a super PAC formed by Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig to reform the nation's campaign finance laws. The...
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