Technology and Lifestyle
February 6th, 2012 — Tech
A Google Earth map that raised rumors of the lost city of Atlantis has gotten a much-needed update, ridding the seafloor of a gridlike pattern that some vigilant users suspected were sunken streets from the mythological underwater city.
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February 5th, 2012 — Tech
Facebook’s billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a “hacker” in a 479-word essay he wrote describing his company’s philosophy of constant development and improvement.
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February 4th, 2012 — Tech
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February 3rd, 2012 — Tech
It’s that time of the year again — that agonizing month before the next iPad launch when there seems to be a fresh rumor every hour about the upcoming model. In an effort to seek out those kernels of legitimacy, we’ve compiled the most significant iPad 3 rumors for you here.
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February 2nd, 2012 — Tech
Facebook just filed documents paving the way for an initial public offering of stock. Click here to read the filing at the SEC. More shortly …
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February 1st, 2012 — Tech
The television set won’t be the only place to watch video of the New York Giants and the New England Patriots this Sunday. For the first time, U.S. football fans will be able to watch the Super Bowl live on a computer or on a phone.
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January 31st, 2012 — Tech
A handful of ominous Twitter jokes apparently got some young tourists kicked out of the U.S. before they could begin their vacation, according to UK tabloids and our own investigation.
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January 30th, 2012 — Tech
Google doodles often honor people, like Freddie Mercury or Mark Twain, but Saturday’s doodle pays homage to the “world’s largest snowflake.” The snowflake was seen on Jan. 28, 1887.
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January 29th, 2012 — Tech
How do you get the word out about a boycott of Twitter when it’s Twitter that’s needed to get the word out? It was tough, especially in the case of the hastily organized one for Saturday meant to protest the site’s new policy of censoring certain tweets in some countries.
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January 28th, 2012 — Tech
Any university student who has ever purchased a used textbook knows that there are sometimes strange surprises hiding between those pages. Usually they come in the form of messy scribbles, but in one student’s case the unexpected gift-with-a-textbook-purchase was a bag of cocaine.
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