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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.
The Web's biggest sites get visualized and weighted by this ... Read more »
Here's a little tidbit of information from our painfully obvious file: sumo wrestlers have big hands. That's right, the super-sized, fighting pride of Japan have appropriately proportioned extremities. Understandably, those massive hands make standard-sized cell phones a bit difficult to use. ... Read more »
Nearly forty years after Yuri Gagarin became the first person in outer space, Denmark is set to become the fourth nation ever to put a man into orbit (following Russia, the U.S., and China). More importantly, however, they are doing it without government funding, and, if successful, will be the ... Read more »
Burning-laser tag, anyone? At the Pitchess Detention Center on Friday, guards from the Castaic complex of the Los Angeles County Jail demonstrated their very own Assault Intervention Device, a 7.5-foot-tall laser weapon that produces burning pain at whomever it's directed. The beam emitted by the ... Read more »
One of the United States' most affluent cities is debating whether or not, and how, to track its students with RFID tags. School officials in New Canaan, Connecticut have engaged in talks with SecureRF Corporation, which has applied for a $100,000 federal research grant and is hoping to find test ... Read more »
As computers, and specifically graphics cards, have gotten more powerful, our passwords have become increasingly vulnerable, and the days of eight characters being the standard password length are over. To be honest, they have been over for quite some time, but it's only now that the rest of the ... Read more »
Although David Fincher's 'The Social Network' won't be out until its October premiere at the New York Film Festival, Film Linc (the fest's official pub) has released its first review of the biopic. Reviewer Scott Foundas describes it as a slick narrative with "rapid-fire yet plausible dialogue that ... Read more »
Bookmarklets are an interesting and lightweight alternative to full-fledged browser extensions. Unlike regular bookmarks, bookmarklets don't take you to a website, but perform an action on the page you're currently viewing. They use bits of code, usually Javascript, to do things like send links, ... Read more »
We're so concerned with protecting our privacy and location on Foursquare and the new Facebook Places that we've all ignored the way we even more commonly betray our current whereabouts: our photos. Most photo formats allow a host of different metadata (camera type, GPS data, resolution, time taken ... Read more »
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
The "Old Spice Guy" just valiantly strode off with an Emmy award, and Urlesque is honoring the viral phenomenon's accomplishment with a variety of LOLcat-themed captions. [From: Urlesque]
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Warning to our Cleveland Switched readers: be extra vigilant about separating your recyclables. A new program being launched in the Ohio city will distribute 25,000 RFID-equipped recycling bins to residents. The tagged cans will be used to track how often a household takes its recycling to the curb. ... Read more »
We've wondered about the models who pose for those shoddy, and frequently free, stock images. One recent graduate's unwitting visage was captured by a stock photog at Getty Images -- only to be attached to countless articles detailing how unemployable young people are today. It's an interesting ... Read more »
According to The Telegraph, the Italian mafia has been using a soccer TV show's interactive text messaging feature to communicate messages to imprisoned bosses. As part of the show 'Quelli che il Calcio,' fans send in text messages which are displayed on a ticker, while host Simona Ventura chats ... Read more »
Usually, when we talk about the union of gadgets and the outdoors, we're discussing how the latest tech can make your excursions into the wild safer or more comfortable. It turns out, though, that our gadgets are just as adept at putting us in harm's way. The New York Times spoke with park rangers ... Read more »
Dorm life has its pitfalls: the public restrooms, wandering drunks, bed bugs and "performance art" outside your door at 2 a.m. But, for most, when it comes time to make the switch from sleeping at home to passing out at college, the biggest impediment to adjusting well is a bad roommate. Yet, for ... Read more »
He may have been all smiles at the Facebook Places unveiling, but Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley quickly turned on Facebook's new location feature once the camera was off and the stage was cleared. He told the Telegraph that, after spending some time with it, he'd decided Places is "not that ... Read more »
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Watching Twitter tonight has taught me one thing, Phillies fans are a bunch of whiny dicks. But it's ok, every tank needs a bottom feeder.
And I thought I wanted to hug Johan last week. I think I'm officially in love.
Listening to Ra, glance at the notes and there's @AliveRecords. Nice cover, Mr. Boissel! @TheGloryFires #magiccityjams http://t.co/uT0M77VJ
