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Posted on 20120210

Kickstarter’s Big Day: $1.6M Pledged In 24 Hours

via TechCrunch

They say when it rains, it pours. That’s not usually a good thing, but when it’s raining money, things are a little different. … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

What is the deal with this purple squirrel?

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The hard-hitting investigative journalism team at Accuweather is trying to figure out why this squirrel is purple. Currently, … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

The oldest thing in the world

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The oldest living thing on Earth is a massive “meadow” of sea grass growing in the Mediterranean between Spain and Cyprus. It’s … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

DarwinBot is a surrogate play partner for man’s best friend

via Engadget

The problem facing Microsoft developer Jordan Correa and his wife was hardly an uncommon one. They both have full time jobs … Read More >>

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Dangerous tweets: Arrested, fined in 140 characters or less

via Ars Technica

In 2010, South Yorkshire police showed up at the workplace of 26-year old Paul … Read More >>

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New bill would make open access to federal research mandatory

via Ars Technica

For the last several years, research funded by the National Institutes of … Read More >>

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GPS air traffic navigation system would be crippled by LightSquared network, Congress is told

via Ars Technica

Airline industry representatives and a US transportation official told members of … Read More >>

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Arcade game luminaries see parallels in today’s social, mobile games

via Ars Technica

If there’s anyone who can make sense of the recent, meteoric rise of mobile and … Read More >>

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Windows 8 on ARM: the desktop is there, so’s Office, but not much more

via Ars Technica

Ending months of speculation on the matter, Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

Jury rules that Eolas’s "interactive web" patent is invalid

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An East Texas patent case that has attracted the attention of the technology … Read More >>

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