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  Jack White and Gary Oldman join forces for Amex concert webcast

  By Chris Welch on April 17, 2012 10:01 am + 2 comments

  Jack White has been in the music spotlight for so long that it's hard to believe he's just now Continue reading…

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  Criminals are fleeing the law and flocking to Facebook

  By Amar Toor on April 17, 2012 01:16 am + 16 comments

  Today's criminal investigations aren't unfolding in back alleys or street corners, but on Facebook Continue reading…

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  Apple II celebrates its 35th anniversary

  By Sam Byford on April 16, 2012 11:42 pm + 3 comments

  This April 16th and 17th marks the 35th anniversary of the 1977 West Coast Computer Faire in San Continue reading…

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  User interface designers invade Silicon Valley after success of apps like Instagram

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 16, 2012 11:41 am + 18 comments

  Silicon Valley, a land ruled by engineers, programmers, and venture capitalists is seeing an Continue reading…

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  Google Earth leads son to mother after 25 years apart

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 16, 2012 09:49 am + 13 comments

  In 1986, a young Indian boy named Saroo Brierley hopped on the wrong train, ended up in the bustling Continue reading…

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  Sergey Brin says China and Iran are bad, but Apple and Facebook threaten the open web too

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 16, 2012 05:27 am + 175 comments

  Google co-founder Sergey Brin is worried about the future of the internet, and not just because of Continue reading…

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  Andrew W.K. sings the praises of pinball

  By Sam Byford on April 15, 2012 09:09 pm + 7 comments

  Andrew W.K.'s passions: partying, power ballads, and... pinball? That was the takeaway from a recent Continue reading…

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  Microsoft almost invented the smartphone... in 1991

  By Andrew Webster on April 13, 2012 01:37 pm + 161 comments

  While Microsoft may be trying to find its footing in the smartphone wars today, it turns out that Continue reading…

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  How would Google's Project Glass HUD work for those with prescription glasses?

  By Sean Hollister on April 12, 2012 10:42 pm + 51 comments

  Isabelle Olsson is a Senior Industrial Designer at Google, and apparently, she's a member of the P Continue reading…

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  Are memes art?

  By Tyler Gold on April 12, 2012 06:01 pm + 71 comments

  Could all those LOLcats, advice animals, rage comics, and various memes you've spent hours laughing Continue reading…