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Rockford Spins, Drive-Thru Weddings and Flatbread Tacos

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:00pm
Crazy adventures begin almost as soon as Jeremy Hart sets off on an around-the-world drive in a Ford Fiesta.


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It's Another QWERTY Keyboard, Now for TV

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:00pm
We're living in an age of multiple connected screens, where even our media-savvy televisions demand some occasional typing to search for a videogame, TV show or Netflix rental. Problem is, typing (more like hunting and pecking) with a game controller or remote control is a pain in the butt — and that's the world into which the TiVo Slide is being born.


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NFL Teams, Still Worth Billions, See Slight Decline

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 11:00am
According to Forbes, the average value of a NFL team has dipped 2 percent to $1.02 billion, marking the first time that data point has declined since the magazine started tracking NFL team valuations in 1998.


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Vintage Circuit Boards Create Stunning Sculptures

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 11:00am
Artist Theo Kamecke has taken vintage circuit boards and transformed them to adorn furniture and sculpture that can be used in homes and galleries.


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Video: Dancing Parrot Boogies Better With a Partner

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 11:00am
SEATTLE -- Snowball the dancing parrot doesn't just bob to the beat. The YouTube sensation, who proved last year that humans aren't the only species that got rhythm, gets his groove on better with a dance partner. "It's not just an automatic response to sound," said neurobiologist Aniruddh Patel of the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego. "It's concerned with bonding."


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August 27, 1874: He's Ammoniac, Ammoniac at the Fore

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 11:00am
Carl Bosch, a chemist whose work would transform agriculture and industry — and eventually enable the Green Revolution — is born.


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Alt Text: Offline Social Network Sites Don't Live Up to Hype

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 11:00am
I'm always on the lookout for the latest edge-defining interactive trends, so when I read a blog post that pointed to a tweet referring to a Facebook group that referred to a thing called a "get together," I was intrigued.


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RIM Offers India Compromise to Avoid BlackBerry Ban

Business Week - Tech - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 7:11am
Research In Motion Ltd., facing a possible ban on its BlackBerry service in India, offered to lead an industry forum in developing ways to balance the country’s security needs with customers’ privacy requirements.
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Lightning in Humid Regions Could Be Harvested for Energy

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 4:30am
It could be possible to harvest "hygroelectricity" from lightning the air in regions that experience high humidity, such as the tropics.


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Ötzi the Iceman May Have Had Funeral Ceremony

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 4:30am
A prehistoric man whose naturally mummified body was discovered frozen in the Italian Alps may have been toted up the mountain by his comrades, a new study suggests. The Iceman, also nicknamed Ötzi, lived between 5,350 and 5,100 years ago as part of a genetically distinct European population. Hikers noticed the Iceman poking out of a glacier in 1991.


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Fans May Not 'Like' Facebook Film

Business Week - Tech - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 4:05am
Users of the world's biggest social network are more excited about a low-budget horror flick than the forthcoming The Social Network
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HP Tops Dell’s 3Par Bid Again, Offering $1.8 Billion

Business Week - Tech - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 4:03am
Hewlett-Packard Co., waging a bidding war with Dell Inc., said it would pay $1.8 billion for 3Par Inc. -- about $200 million more than a Dell offer from earlier today.
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Google's E-Mail Calling No Threat to Skype

Business Week - Tech - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 4:02am
Google may need to add mobile, business features to make its new Internet-calling service a true rival
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Klingon Opera Ramps Up for Earth-Bound Premiere

Wired - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 4:00am
Dutch sci-fi fans will stage the world's first Klingon opera next month. They've even beamed a message into space inviting the Klingons to attend, but they have yet to receive any RSVPs.


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China Unicom May Sell IPad Next Month, Business News Reports

Business Week - Tech - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 1:28am
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. may start sales of Apple Inc.’s iPad in mid to late September, the China Business News reported today, citing an unidentified person at the carrier.
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