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  • This is sad news for my second-cousin-once-removed, and awesome news for all the rest of us sick of fending off virtual plants, teddy bears, and…

  • You know the concept of "peak oil," yeah? That we will at some point reach the highest level we'll be able to draw from the ground, and it's all…

  • Jul 9, 2010

    The NSA speaks

    We contacted the NSA for our story today about the "Perfect Citizen" program.  They replied last night after our deadline.  Judith Emmel, NSA…

  • NASA has cleared the robonauts for liftoff and to walk the moon playing golf and planting flags, all by 2013. Here's what they'll look like:…

  • I've been as delighted as anyone with the original Double Rainbow Oh My God video. I've posted some autotune versions. I certainly enjoyed James…

  • Google introduced a new option on YouTube that's kind of a mashup of YouTube, Facebook, and Pandora. It's called Leanback and it provides a full…

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  • The Wall Street Journal reports on a project to build a program to detect cyber attacks on utilities, infrastructure, and corporations. Headed by…

  • And Barnes & Noble does not. This could have big implications in the rapidly escalating dedicated book reading device skirmish between the two…

  • Our pal Xeni Jardin over at Boing Boing offered up a story today that caught our eye. It's all about the new "Iranian robot man". Larissa showed me…