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  'Think with your thumbs' to optimize your smartphone's home screen

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 10, 2012 11:07 am + 35 comments

  Deciding which operating system and hardware to tie yourself to is undoubtably the hardest choice Continue reading…

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  World Press Photo presents Samuel Aranda with photo of the year award

  By Jamie Keene on February 10, 2012 06:02 am + 8 comments

  Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda has won the World Press Photo photo of the year award for his Continue reading…

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  Alan Moore, V for Vendetta author, on the Anonymous movement

  By Vlad Savov on February 10, 2012 05:31 am + 31 comments

  You'll need to have lived in a dystopian, totalitarian society over the past few years not to have Continue reading…

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  Trolling the troll: BBC accosts internet bully on the street

  By Vlad Savov on February 10, 2012 04:24 am + 39 comments

  The BBC's Panorama series is dedicated to doing hard-hitting investigations into major issues of Continue reading…

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  A profile of Jerry Manock, the designer behind the Apple II

  By Jamie Keene on February 9, 2012 12:20 pm + 6 comments

  Seven Days Vermont has published an interview with Jerry Manock, the designer of both the original Continue reading…

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  Colorful wax busts cast Facebook friendships in a whole new light

  By Andrew Webster on February 7, 2012 11:38 am + 21 comments

  You may have plenty of Facebook friends, but how many of them are real friends? That's what designer Continue reading…

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  How a landline can get you out of jail

  By Andrew Webster on February 7, 2012 10:40 am + 37 comments

  Santa Monica resident Stephen Petrick was stuck in prison for five days because he couldn't remember Continue reading…

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  Blocky Earth turns Google Maps terrain into Minecraft-like blocks

  By Tom Warren on February 7, 2012 10:27 am + 7 comments

  If you have ever wondered what Google Maps would look like in Minecraft, then wonder no more. Blocky Continue reading…

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  Nokia's ClearBlack Display technology explained

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 7, 2012 09:45 am + 3 comments

  Nokia announced ClearBlack Display a couple of years ago and the technology has been a headline Continue reading…

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  'The aesthetics of the robot eye': a 5-minute look at how machines see the world

  By Andrew Webster on February 6, 2012 06:43 pm + 8 comments

  Using a variety of found footage, a new video attempts to shed some light on how machines view Continue reading…