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Posted on 20120111

The credit card that may stop, or at least hinder, on- and offline fraud

via Ars Technica

How much do you worry about your credit card information falling into the wrong … Read More >>

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TSA’s brags about not catching any terrorists, proves its own irrelevance

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Bruce Schneier looks at the TSA’s brag sheet, documenting the “Top 10 Good Catches of 2011” and finds “mostly forgetful, and … Read More >>

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Microvision PicoMagic touch interactive projector eyes-on

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We’re often resistant to pico-projectors purely because we’ve been there, you know? That’s why this interactive kit from … Read More >>

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How the brain spots faces

via Ars Technica

Our brains are made to find faces. In fact, they’re so good at … Read More >>

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US-born game developer sentenced to death in Iran

via Ars Technica

After a trip to visit family in Iran last August, an Iranian-American citizen was … Read More >>

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Crank, bicycle, and waterwheel: hands-on with the OLPC XO 3.0 tablet

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One Laptop Per Child unveiled its XO 3.0 tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show … Read More >>

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How ViaSat’s Exede makes satellite broadband not suck

via Ars Technica

On the first open day at CES in Las Vegas, in a temporary building outside the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120110

Will Twitter Predict the New Hampshire Primary?

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All of the candidates duking it out for the Republican nomination have a social media presence. But can the activity … Read More >>

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The Surprising Path Of Artificial Intelligence

via TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence touches our lives in the form of chess computers that are better than most humans, computers beating … Read More >>

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Microsoft Kinect coming to Windows on February 1st, up for pre-order now!

via Engadget

Straight out of the horse’s mouth: Kinect is oh-ficially coming to Windows starting on February 1st! We’ve seen Microsoft’s … Read More >>

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