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- How Facebook updates can get you arrested
- The tech world’s most pathetic ailments
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- The best of Canadian video games
- Make your smartphone the only gadget you'll ever need
- Tough gadgets with style
- Terrifying new species discovered
- Complex Lego through the ages
- Laptops: Then and now
- The wonders of the sky, as seen by NASA
- Animal imposters
- 10 things you should never reveal on Facebook
- Is Pinterest a threat to Facebook?
- In pictures: Japanese macaques!
- New Apple iPad: what you need to know
- Apple unveils new iPad
- Creatures that never see daylight
- Windows 8 Consumer Preview screenshots
- The best smartphones from MWC 2012
- Nokia 808 PureView - in pictures
- Most memorable smartphones - then and now
- HTC One X - in pictures
- Most desirable music gadgets
- 10 robots that could take over the world
- Companies ditching BlackBerry
- Augmented reality’s potential uses
- The world's biggest and smallest gadgets
- Facebook Timeline - what you need to know
- Sony Xperia S and other hot new gadgets
- Top ten best alternative gadgets
- The world’s tiniest animals
- Incredible photos from Antarctica’s ‘Lost World’
- Tech’s greatest rivalries
- Wildest hybrid animals
- Award-winning tech innovations - in pictures
- 10 most anticipated console games of 2012
- Best console video games of 2011
- Cyborg technology
- Bing’s top tech searches of 2011
- $#*! my Siri says
- 10 of the world’s creepiest robots
- Southeast Asia’s unbelievable new species
- Endangered species recently declared extinct
- Communication etiquette for the 21st century
- When technology accidentally saves lives
- Apple iPhone 4S
- Best bedtime gadgets
- Weird household inventions
- Species you might not have known are threatened
- 11 gadgets that might save your life
- Creative uses of the new Facebook Timeline
- City animals that drive us nuts
- Simple ways to stay safe online
- The dangerous side of household electronics
- Leaders react to Steve Jobs' death
- The remarkable career of Steve Jobs
- The world’s best-selling cell phones
- Top 10 smartphones out now
- High-tech home essentials for the single girl
- High-tech home essentials for the single guy
- The web’s most memorable hoaxes
- Cracking the myths of cryptozoology
- 10 superhero games that didn't suck
- The best non-shooters coming this fall
- Beautiful and creative QR codes
- Animals found in unusual places
- How the web is ruining our lives
- Most notorious Facebook arrests
- Who will be the next Steve Jobs?
- Ten most ridiculous lawsuits of the 21st century
- World’s wildest transparent creatures
- Ways the Internet can land you behind bars
- Facebook’s most controversial features
- New Guinea’s most breathtaking new species
- 15 signs it's time to quit Facebook
- The history of Research In Motion
- 12 tech revolutions that fizzled
- Teammates at odds
- 10 things you should never do on Facebook
- Most expensive real estate on the web
- Google+ vs. Facebook: See How They Compare
- 10 films that redefined special effects
- The final space shuttle launch
- Declared dead online
- 10 Things You Shouldn't Be Able to Buy Online
- The Facebook Wall of Shame
- 10 Great Gadgets for under $10
- Tech takedowns: Criminals busted by the web
- The weirdest things found for sale on Craigslist
- Live and learn: 10 unforgettable Facebook fails
- Tech’s most notorious hack victims
- Marvels of Madagascar
- Next big things in video games
- E3: Most anticipated video game sequels
- The funniest sites on the web
- Facebook casualties: Tales of social media disasters
- Endeavour lifts off for last time
- When inappropriate web use meets Canada’s schools
Unlike previous Portal turret builds, which looked authentic but did little more than light up and play sounds, the turret that Kevin Swanson built for his graduate Mechatronics final project does all that and actually shoots foam darts at you--if you're wearing a pink shirt, of course. (The pink shirt is so the target-tracking software, written in MATLAB, can pick you out from the chaotic background of a modern lab or dorm environment.)
I'm a big fan of Chrome's Bookmarks Bar, which puts my most frequently visited sites across the top of the browser, just one click away.
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- Google strives to enlighten with new search tool
SAN FRANCISCO - Google is introducing a new tool, designed to make its search engine smarter.
Facebook investors to cash out more sharesNEW YORK, N.Y. - Insiders and early Facebook investors are taking advantage of increasing investor demand and selling more of their stock in the company's initial public offering, the company said Wednesday.
- Canadians can soon opt-out of behavioural ads
TORONTO - Canadians who get creeped out by web ads that seem to know a little too much about their personal habits should have access in the coming months to an opt-out tool that will help fight the effect of so-called behavioural advertising.
B.C.'s HootSuite making its social media markVANCOUVER - As Facebook prepares for its massive initial public offering, likely Friday, the booming social media market has also produced a breakthrough year for a Canadian company.
Facebook raises IPO price as offering nearsNEW YORK, N.Y. - Already expected to be the largest-ever initial public offering for an Internet company, Facebook is making its IPO even bigger.
Lack of trust in Facebook may hold back ad salesNEW YORK, N.Y. - Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it.
- 'Revolution,' 2 other Steinem e-books released
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Gloria Steinem has joined a new revolution — the e-book revolution.
- Facebook investors to cash out more shares
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Insiders and early Facebook investors are taking advantage of increasing investor demand and selling more of their stock in the company's initial public offering, the company said Wednesday.
- B.C.'s HootSuite making its social media mark
VANCOUVER - As Facebook prepares for its massive initial public offering, likely Friday, the booming social media market has also produced a breakthrough year for a Canadian company.
- Asia software piracy cost $21B in lost sales
SEOUL, South Korea - Illegal copying of computer programs in Asia cost businesses $21 billion in lost sales last year and China was on course to set a dubious new record — overtaking the U.S. in losses caused by software piracy.
- NY judge: Apple statements damage lawsuit position
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A New York judge has refused to toss out lawsuits alleging that Apple Inc. and various publishers conspired to drive up the price of e-books.
