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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