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Best of the Rest: World's Creepiest Robots, Apple Opens Louvre Store

by Thomas Houston on November 5, 2009 at 07:10 PM

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • There's an inverse relationship between robots and the creep factor. The more life-like they get, the more they make our skin crawl. [From: HuffingtonPost]
  • Today Apple opened the doors to its first store in France, smack in the Carrousel du Louvre, nestled between Mona Lisa and fresh baguettes. [From: 9to5Mac.com]
  • Our friends at StreetLevel list off the 10 most outdated tech references. Jay-Z may be back, but Hova's 'Motorola two-way page me' line still makes geeks cringe. [From: StreetLevel]
  • Animated GIFs have come a long way since the glory days of the '90s when they were plastered all over the Web, exclaiming "Under Construction." Urlesque rounds up eight blogs dedicated to the art of silent animation. [From: Urlesque]

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