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Sep 6th, 2010

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'Swarmation' Asks Gamers to Form Shapes With Pixels

If you like puzzles and watching your productivity plummet, let us direct you to 'Swarmation,' a time-based game that asks you to form shapes by moving a pixel across a grid filled with other pixels. It's deceivingly simple (navigation being controlled with the arrow keys), but, once you guide that ... Read more »

Stunning Time-Lapse Footage From the International Space Station

There's nothing like images of Earth from space to make you feel both insignificant and full of wonder. This time-lapsed footage, taken from the International Space Station (in HD no less), is some of the most stunning we've seen in a long time. Snapped by NASA astronaut Don Pettit, this footage ... Read more »

Craigslist Censors Adult Services Section in U.S.

Practitioners and patrons of the world's oldest profession will no longer be able to conduct business on Craigslist, as the classifieds site has now censored all of the pages under its famed 'Adult Services' section in the U.S. On Friday, pages offering or seeking adult services were suddenly ... Read more »

Has the Browser Interface Always Been the Same? We Think Not.

Niraj Chokshi over at The Atlantic wrote that, despite Google's waxing nostalgic upon the changes to its Chrome browser over the past two years, the way we surf the Web hasn't really changed since the days of Mosaic. We smell a challenge! We suggest that Chokshi take a look at pioneering 'net ... Read more »

Users More Likely to Share Secrets With Un-Official Looking Sites

It might seem a little counterintuitive, but according to a study from Carnegie Mellon University, users are actually more likely to answer questions on a website honestly if the site seems less reputable in appearance. Researchers created three different sites that asked a series of highly personal ... Read more »
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