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  This is my next: Windows 8

  By David Pierce on August 16, 2012 11:23 am + 858 comments

  This is my next is a special feature where writers of The Verge sound off on their latest deep, dark Continue reading…

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  EveryBlock's hype 'definitely faded,' says founder Adrian Holovaty, but it's more popular than ever

  By Adrianne Jeffries on August 16, 2012 10:30 am + 16 comments

  Adrian Holovaty is the co-creator of the popular open source web development framework Django. He's Continue reading…

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  'Avatar' who? 4DX movies will shake you, spray you, and fog you into never coming back

  By Trent Wolbe on August 15, 2012 11:30 am + 74 comments

  The entertainment industry is dominated by stupid gimmicks, and I love them. Does it glow and / or Continue reading…

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  Paper lives: Little Printer and the rebirth of the hard copy

  By Ellis Hamburger on August 14, 2012 06:44 am + 157 comments

  Matt Webb sips from a cup at Four Barrel Coffee in San Francisco, never blinking. He pauses as his Continue reading…

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  Back to School: the best laptop for every budget

  By David Pierce on August 13, 2012 03:25 pm + 246 comments

  There's no more important thing you'll buy for school than a laptop. Whether you're doing Continue reading…

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  New York's first sci-fi bookstore opens its doors, wants to save forgotten novels from cosmic oblivion

  By Paul Miller on August 13, 2012 12:54 pm + 62 comments

  Thursday night I rode my bike from Manhattan to DUMBO, a small Brooklyn neighborhood next to the Continue reading…

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  Offline: how's it going?

  By Paul Miller on August 13, 2012 10:00 am + 198 comments

  It's all anybody asks me. I tell them I'm not using the internet for a year, and they just need to Continue reading…

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  The best tech writing of the week, August 12

  By Thomas Houston on August 12, 2012 10:30 am + 11 comments

  We all know the feeling. You're sleepless in the sad hours of the night or stumbling around early on Continue reading…

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  Recycled: inside the GameStop factory where gadgets are born again

  By Sean Hollister on August 10, 2012 02:40 pm + 73 comments

  "If you want to understand GameStop, you must understand refurbishment," says GameStop CEO Paul Continue reading…

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  Hacking Vegas: 'MIT Mike' Aponte, professional blackjack instructor, teaches you to count cards

  By Jesse Hicks on August 10, 2012 11:15 am + 70 comments

  As a college senior in the early 1990's, Mike Aponte was invited to join the MIT Blackjack Team. Continue reading…