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Celebs Go Crazy For the Macbook Air

TechCrunch reports that Charlie Rose recently took a bad fall and unwisely decided to fall on his face instead of risking damage to the MacBook Air he was carrying. March 24, 2008

Big Dog Robots Treks Through Ice and Snow

Here's the latest video of Big Dog, the quadraped robot army mule from Boston Dynamics that carries gear. March 21, 2008

Regular Visitors Far More Valuable Than Search Visitors

The New York Times reports on a new study that measured the value of search engine click-throughs based on whether or not the people who clicked over would purchase something. March 20, 2008

Create Search Engines at Topical

A new website called Topical allows users to create search engines that will search a small number of websites. March 19, 2008

RateMyCop.com Temporarily Shut Down

A website called Rate My Cop that allows people to rate police officers that they have interacted with or have ticketed them was temporarily shut down by GoDaddy. March 12, 2008

Google Completes DoubleClick Acquisition

Google announced on the Google Blog today the completion of the DoubleClick acquisition. March 11, 2008

New Security Camera Uses T-Rays to See Under Clothes

A new camera can reportedly see under people's clothes from up to 25 meters away. March 10, 2008

Google Wants Some Kid Doodles

Google always has interesting new versions of its logo for holidays and special events. March 7, 2008

Chinese Hackers Claim Pentagon Hack

With a message that no website is 100% safe Chinese hackers living in an apartment claim to have hacked a number of websites including the Pentagon. March 7, 2008

iView: A Curved iMac Design

A curved iView is Designer Nuno Teixeira's vision of what a wrap-around style iMac might look like. March 4, 2008

Freezing Gives Hackers Temporary Access to DRAM Data

Encrypted hard drives may become accessible to hackers with the use of a burst of cold air. February 22, 2008

Study Links Heavy Cell Phone Usage to Salivary Gland Cancer

The BBC reports that a new study from Isreal has linked heavy cell phone usage to increased risk of cancer of the salivary gland. February 18, 2008

Valentine's Day is for Gadgets

Tech gadgets aren't topping the list of Valentine gifts according to report, but that doesn't mean they are not on want lists. February 13, 2008

Internet Spurs Dance Fads

The Internet is helping dance fads to take off according to this WSJ video. February 12, 2008

HotorNot Sold for $20 Million

TechCrunch reports that investors connected to a company called Avid Life Media have acquired the 8-year-old HotorNot website for $20 million. February 11, 2008

Microsoft Finds Yahoo's Rejection Unfortunate

Earlier today Yahoo rejected Microsoft's offer saying it was too low - that it undervalues Yahoo. February 11, 2008

OoVoo Now Lets Users Record Video Chats

You can now record your engaging video chats with new software. February 8, 2008

Third Undersea Cable Damaged in Mideast

The Middle East has been suffering from Internet and phone outages ever since two cables were cut offshore from Egypt. February 1, 2008

Flickr Outrage at Possible Microsoft Yahoo Acquisition

Tech blogs are buzzing with the possibility of Microsoft acquiriing Yahoo. February 1, 2008

Music Labels Deny Signing Qtrax Deals

Qtrax is a new free ad-based music p2p service claiming to have 25 million songs from all the major labels. January 28, 2008