Twins learn of teen brother’s death on Facebook
Posted on February 8, 2010
Twins logging on to Facebook to read birthday wishes instead discover that people have left RIP posts about their 17-year-old brother. Police hadn’t notified the family.
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Google reduces its Nexus One termination fee
Posted on February 8, 2010
Google has quietly chopped $200 off its early termination fee on the Nexus One, meaning it will now cost users less — $350 rather than $550 — to cancel service on the smartphone. That matches Verizon Wireless’s termination fee for smartphones, now tied with the Nexus One as the steepest return fee in the industry.
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Silicon: It’s good for you, especially in beer
Posted on February 8, 2010
Researchers at UC Davis say that silicon, the most common metalloid and a known booster of bone-mineral density, is highly “bioavailable” when consumed in beer.
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Stormy Weather Cannot Defeat Re-Engineered Umbrella
Posted on February 8, 2010
Saving up for a rainy day? Consider using some of that cash on an umbrella from Blunt. This reinforced dome will hold up to gusts short of hurricane force.
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Storyboard: Chris Anderson on Long Tail of Stuff
Posted on February 8, 2010
Advances in product design and prototyping signal the start of a new industrial revolution, Wired’s top editor argues in his latest cover story. Anderson and Wired Executive Editor Thomas Goetz discuss the implications of these radical changes in this week’s Storyboard podcast.
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Intel rolls out oft-delayed Tukwila chip
Posted on February 8, 2010
After about a year of delays, Intel today took the wrappers off its high-end Itanium processor, code-named Tukwila.
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Survey: Majority of people don’t want an iPad
Posted on February 7, 2010
A survey by online retailer Retrevo finds that 61 percent of people aren’t interested in owning an iPad. It also suggests that the hype around the product has actually made things worse.
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BlackBerry has spyware risk too, researcher says
Posted on February 7, 2010
Veracode researcher demonstrates spyware that allows someone to steal a stranger’s contact list, read text messages in real time, and track the location of the phone.
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Apple iPad’s rejection of Adobe Flash could signal the player’s death knell
Posted on February 6, 2010
With most other companies, this would have looked like a sloppy oversight: Two weeks ago, a presenter showing off a new computer allowed the audience to see that it couldn’t display a Web page’s Adobe Flash content.
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Internet gambling again in play
Posted on February 6, 2010
Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and other longtime opponents.
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