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Robot finger detects textures more accurately than humans

By Aaron Souppouris on June 19, 2012 07:29 am + 9 comments

Researchers at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering have developed Continue reading…
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Karma: a 4G provider that rewards users for sharing their data plan with strangers

By Ben Popper on June 14, 2012 08:39 am + 80 comments

"Something is fundamentally broken in the market for mobile providers," says Robert Gaal, one of the Continue reading…
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'Patient 0' takes the real-life multiplayer zombie genre to a new level of realism

By Aaron Souppouris on June 10, 2012 02:48 am + 43 comments

This Halloween, an abandoned meat factory in Melbourne will transform into the epicenter of a zombie Continue reading…
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Google to acquire Meebo, will move team to Google+ (updated)

By Joshua Topolsky on June 4, 2012 04:11 pm + 54 comments

Today the folks behind Meebo, the cloud-centric IM startup, confirmed on the company blog that the Continue reading…
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$200 million in funding announced for ultra high-speed internet in the US

By Jeff Blagdon on May 24, 2012 05:51 am + 17 comments

Are you sick of waiting for your ISP to offer fiber broadband service? If you live in one of thirty Continue reading…
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Windows 8 boots 'too quickly' to be interrupted, Microsoft adding a new 'boot options' menu

By Vlad Savov on May 23, 2012 07:48 am + 319 comments

Did you know that an SSD-equipped Windows 8 PC can boot up in under seven seconds? Watch the video Continue reading…
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Pinterest chooses Japan's Rakuten to lead funding, hoping to expand global reach

By Adi Robertson on May 17, 2012 05:02 pm + 3 comments

Fast-growing social network Pinterest has just completed a $100 million round of funding, but its Continue reading…
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Floating island community off Silicon Valley draws interest from hundreds of tech startups

By Sam Byford on May 8, 2012 08:25 pm + 77 comments

Blueseed, a conceptual floating island that plans to operate in international waters 12 miles off Continue reading…
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Crowdfunded ISP project will put user privacy first

By Aaron Souppouris on April 12, 2012 05:25 am + 9 comments

Nicholas Merrill, the owner of a small NY ISP that fought the patriot act and won, has launched an I Continue reading…
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Bravo looks to Silicon Valley and lolcats for new reality TV shows

By Ryan Heise on April 8, 2012 12:26 am + 10 comments

TV network Bravo has given the green light to a new reality show that will follow the exploits of Continue reading…