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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 4

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 5:01am
Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.


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AMD Eyes ARM Alliance in War on Intel

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 12:54am
Could the low-power-chip design that's used in your iPhone someday show up inside the chips built by Intel-rival Advanced Micro Devices? Definitely maybe. Or as AMD's brand new Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster put it to us: "The answer is not no."


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How Windows Phone 8 'Apollo' Would Stack Up Against iOS 5, Android 4

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 12:52am
Microsoft's Windows Phone OS is often criticized for lagging far behind iOS and Android. But on Thursday, a leaked description of Microsoft's next big mobile OS, Windows Phone 8, came to light, revealing how the operating system will improve. But can it really compete? We handicap Apollo against iOS 5 and Android 4.


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Sugar May Be Bad, But Is the Alternative Worse?

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 12:15am
Given the recent controversy over sugar, one might look to artificial sweeteners for an easy alternative to thorny scientific and ethical questions. But to anyone seeking pastel-packaged reassurance that regulators won't ever need to pry donuts from their cold, dead and pudgy fingers, science offers only more uncertainty.


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Motorola Tablet Snafu Exposes Some Users to Privacy Risks

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:56pm
Today Motorola issued a fail alert of epic proportions: From October to December 2011, 100 out of 6,200 refurbished Xooms sold from Woot.com may contain the previous owner's personal data.


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<em>Me @the Zoo</em> Exemplifies Internet's Infiltration of Indie Film

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:54pm
Nothing illustrates the web's growing influence on filmmakers more effectively than Me @the Zoo, a feature-length documentary that premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.


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Why Margarita Can Purr, but Can't Roar

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:47pm


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Cosmonaut Couture: Russian Photo Shoot Makes Space Sexy

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:31pm
In a resurgent space-themed fashion shoot, supermodel Natalia Semanova mingles with real-life cosmonauts in Star City, the home of Russia's space training program. We interview the spread's photographer, Arthur Elgort, for the back story.


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Sonic Youth

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:26pm
The Chevy Sonic, a 40-mpg, sub-$20K subcompact, has got the price point, performance and spunk necessary to stand out in a perennially crowded category.


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Micron CEO Steve Appleton Dies in Plane Crash

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:05pm
Steve Appleton, the Chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor manufacturer and one of the giants of the industry, died on Friday in a solo plane crash in Boise, Idaho. He was 51.


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Hide From Google

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 9:44pm
Have Google's new privacy policy changes prompted you to question whether the company is capable of "doing no evil"? If so, here's how to protect your online privacy while still using the services.


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Video: How the View From a Comet Might Look

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 8:21pm
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is heading for a comet. The ambitious mission -- scheduled to enter orbit Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in January of 2014 and place a tiny lander named Philae on its surface that November ? will no doubt return incredible, never-before-seen pictures. Until then, observers on Earth will have to make do with artists' renderings like the ones in this video.


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Game|Life Podcast: <cite>Twisted Metal</cite> Maestro David Jaffe Speaks Out

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 8:15pm
David Jaffe, the outspoken and razor-sharp game creator who brought us God of War and Twisted Metal, joins the cast of this week's Game|Life podcast.


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As the Komen Foundation Caves, the Internet Wins Again

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:47pm
Just a few weeks after the tidal wave of internet backlash postponed the controversial PIPA and SOPA legislation, the mighty Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has caved to a mass influx of criticism following its decision on Tuesday to discontinue funding for breast cancer screening done by Planned Parenthood.


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Oklahoma Lawmaker Proposes Tax on Violent Video Games

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:45pm
An Oklahoma lawmaker is proposing taxing violent video games in that state to fund obesity and bullying programs.


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Army Hunts for New Targets: Manatees, Sea Turtles

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:30pm
The U.S. military's tech still isn't sophisticated enough to consistently tell Aunt Irma apart from Terrorist Jane. (Unless Jane is holding an AK-47, that is.) But what about telling a sea turtle apart from a dolphin? Yeah, um, the Army's still working on that one too.


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