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  Public Afghanistan drone strike data disappears from Air Force site

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 9, 2013 10:16 pm + 26 comments

  Data on the monthly number of American drone strikes in Afghanistan has been quietly scrubbed from Continue reading…

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  Android 4 finally surpasses Gingerbread, but not the majority yet

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 5, 2013 07:44 pm + 152 comments

  For the first time, there are now more people running a modern version of the Android OS than there Continue reading…

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  iTunes U sees one billion content downloads, 60 percent from outside US

  By Adi Robertson on February 28, 2013 08:46 am + 18 comments

  After launching in 2007 and getting a dedicated app in early 2012, iTunes U has seen one billion Continue reading…

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  The 'average' faces of 10,000 porn stars: Nikki and David Lee

  By Adi Robertson on February 18, 2013 11:41 am + 44 comments

  Everyone has preconceptions of the adult film industry — but despite the vast quantity of Continue reading…

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  Gartner smartphone report: battle rages for third place behind Apple and Samsung

  By Amar Toor on February 13, 2013 03:49 am + 166 comments

  Gartner today released its quarterly report on the state of the global smartphone market, largely Continue reading…

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  What Wikipedia's most popular pages say about us

  By Amar Toor on February 11, 2013 03:28 am + 48 comments

  Wikipedia member West.andrew.g has spent more than three years downloading and analyzing data on Continue reading…

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  Nate Silver uses numbers to predict the Super Bowl

  By Andrew Webster on February 3, 2013 12:18 pm + 32 comments

  Statistician Nate Silver knows numbers, and in a piece in the New York Times he's decided to put Continue reading…

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  Map tweets in real time across the world with Tweet ping

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 1, 2013 04:55 pm + 17 comments

  We're all familiar with the gorgeous photos of Earth at night, but what if our world was lit up by Continue reading…

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  IDC: Chinese companies overtake LG and HTC in smartphone charts

  By Amar Toor on January 25, 2013 02:54 am + 52 comments

  Apple and Samsung continue to dominate the world's smartphone market, but emerging Chinese companies Continue reading…

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  300 early adopters spend a car's worth of cash on LG's 84-inch 4K TV

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 17, 2013 02:39 am + 39 comments

  In the five months since LG launched a $22,000 84-inch 4K Ultra High Definition TV at home in Korea, Continue reading…