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July 9 Is Not Going To Be Internet Armageddon

July 9 Is Not Going To Be Internet Armageddon

In November of last year, the FBI rounded up a ring of Estonian nationals who have now been charged with infecting millions of computers with

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Google Minus? New Study Says Google’s Social Network Is Practically Deserted

Google Minus? New Study Says Google’s Social Network Is Practically Deserted

How is Google Plus like Pripyat, Ukraine, or Bodie, California? Well, for starters, they’re all ghost towns. Though to be fair, at least Bodie is

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Bitly Reportedly Raising Funds To Branch Into Search

Bitly Reportedly Raising Funds To Branch Into Search

Link-shortening dynamo Bitly is reportedly prepping to launch a viral search engine, and is working on a $20 million round of funding to power that

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The Government Is Drowning In Data: Report

The Government Is Drowning In Data: Report

The government is collecting a staggering amount of data, but attempts to use or analyze that information have been starkly limited, according to new research,

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Where Are The Entrepreneurs? On A Boat, Naturally

Where Are The Entrepreneurs? On A Boat, Naturally

They’ve got their swim trunks, and their flippy-floppies, but T-Pain is nowhere to be found. That’s because the idea behind this boat is to provide

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Could This Fuel Cell Keep Your Phone Charged For Weeks?

Could This Fuel Cell Keep Your Phone Charged For Weeks?

A Massachusetts-based developer says it’s prepping to release a device, about the size of a pack of cigarettes, that can recharge your mobile devices two

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Filesharing Religion Kopimism Celebrates First Marriage

Filesharing Religion Kopimism Celebrates First Marriage

I wrote recently about an ostensible religion, Kopimism, which holds filesharing as a sacred act. Now, in a move that a faith leader called “unavoidable,”

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Google’s Self-Driving Car Gets Nevada Plates

Google’s Self-Driving Car Gets Nevada Plates

Google‘s self-driving automobile became the first officially-licensed self-driving car in Nevada this week, likely paving the way for other auto manufacturers and researchers to use

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RIAA, ICE Shutdown Of Hip Hop Blog Further Implodes After Documents Are Unsealed

RIAA, ICE Shutdown Of Hip Hop Blog Further Implodes After Documents Are Unsealed

In a development that crystallizes tension between entertainment industry anti-piracy measures and the ecosystem of online businesses — and raises questions about whether it is

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Why We Shouldn’t Want To Know FAKEGRIMLOCK’s Identity

Why We Shouldn’t Want To Know FAKEGRIMLOCK’s Identity

The startup scene’s newest celebrity isn’t a teenage CEO or a member of the Facebook mafia. Instead, the most sought after startup superstar is a

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MIT Tetris Hack Took 4.5 Years Of Planning [VIDEO]

MIT Tetris Hack Took 4.5 Years Of Planning [VIDEO]

Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology poured more than four years of time and effort into realizing a stunt that saw the front of

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Don’t Put My Robot Friend In The Scary Closet

Don’t Put My Robot Friend In The Scary Closet

A humanoid robot, with large camera eyes, greets a young girl and shakes her hand. The pair engage in pleasantries, and play a guessing game.

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