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Posted on 20110802

Windows Phone changes logo, officially hip to be square

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What’s in a logo? These days, it’s everything — it’s one of the most recognizable symbols a company can have, and it … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110801

Brains And Bots Deep Inside Yahoo’s CORE Grab A Billion Clicks

via Fast Company

A sophisticated personalization algorithm–combined with ever-savvier editors–has helped boost the Today box on Yahoo’s home … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110801

Apple Announces A Full Assault On The Cable Box With The Streaming Of Purchased TV Shows

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An Apple TV update is rolling out today. But this device update isn’t the news. Sure, streaming purchased TV shows to the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110801

Fake iPhone 5 Supposedly Leaks The Real iPhone 5′s Design

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I’ll say it now, before anyone gets their hopes up: this is most definitely not an iPhone 5. Those blurry, Big-Foot-esque shots … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110801

What OMGPOP Learned From One Million Downloads of Puppy Love

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It is true. Everyone loves puppies. Online gaming site OMGPOP wisely chose Puppy World to be its first iPhone game. In the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110801

Married lesbian couple rescued 40 teenagers from drowning during Utøya shooting

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Irene says, “Among the tourists who were near Utøya on July 22, during the terrorist attack, were Hege Dalen and Toril … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110801

Age of Fable, a painterly old-school adventure

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Illustrated with classic and contemporary artwork, Age of Fable is an absorbing gamebook played in the browser. Want to make … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110801

Trees “shaped” into sculptures

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Peter Cook and Becky Northe of Queensland, Australia use wire frameworks to “guide” trees into interesting live … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110801

What Murdoch’s media empire did: the big picture

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Alternet’s Russ Baker goes beyond the individual sins of the Murdoch media empire — the phone hacking and such … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110801

Bedphones put tunes in your ears, won’t come between you and your pillow

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There are two types of people in this world — those who need absolute silence to sleep, and those who need background noise … Read More >>

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