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  With latest update, Swype and official camera app available on your Kindle Fire HD 7

  By Adi Robertson on December 7, 2012 10:46 am

  Shortly after announcing kid-friendly service FreeTime for the Kindle Fire line, Amazon has released Continue reading…

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  Sony overtakes HTC in UK Android sales as Samsung maintains dominant lead

  By Chris Welch on December 7, 2012 10:45 am + 25 comments

  Sony has struggled to get its foot in the door with US smartphone shoppers, but the company is Continue reading…

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  Nintendo details the history and prototypes of the Wii U

  By Ben Kersey on December 7, 2012 10:26 am + 11 comments

  Nintendo is hoping to replicate the success of the Wii with the new Wii U, but how did it come up Continue reading…

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  19th century automaton mimics bird songs with chirpy precision

  By Amar Toor on December 7, 2012 05:08 am + 5 comments

  This contraption does only one thing, and it does it really well. Created in 1890, this small device Continue reading…

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  Can an algorithm take down terror cells?

  By Kimber Streams on December 6, 2012 06:04 pm + 10 comments

  Paulo Shakarian, a professor at West Point's Network Science Center, has developed an algorithm Continue reading…

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  Wired interviews James Dyson, the 'Jobs and Wozniak of home appliances'

  By Justin Rubio on December 6, 2012 03:49 pm + 16 comments

  James Dyson designed his first bagless vacuum almost 30 years ago — and even now at age 65, the Continue reading…

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  See the birth and death of Americans in a real-time simulation of the United States

  By Justin Rubio on December 6, 2012 10:49 am + 16 comments

  In the United States, there are about 11,500 births and 6,800 deaths every day — and to Continue reading…

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  Surreal sci-fi illustrations from Sheerbart's 'Lesabéndio: An Asteroid Novel'

  By Kimber Streams on December 5, 2012 12:22 pm + 1 comments

  To commemorate the new release of Paul Sheerbart's Lesabéndio: An Asteroid Novel, 50 Watts has Continue reading…

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  Photographing the photographer: how The New York Times caught Joel Meyerowitz in his element

  By Chris Welch on December 5, 2012 11:44 am + 5 comments

  The New York Times recently dispatched staff photographer Fred R. Conrad — someone who's proven Continue reading…

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  Diabetic details the benefits and pitfalls of activity-tracking devices like the Fitbit

  By Nathan Ingraham on December 5, 2012 11:29 am + 4 comments

  We've looked at a number of fitness-tracking devices like the Fitbit, Nike+ Fuelband, and Jawbone Up, Continue reading…