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Some Say New York City Health Ads Should Inspire, Not Scare5 February 2012, 8:07 pm
The city health department’s campaign to jolt New Yorkers out of their bad habits has drawn some criticism for its negative approach.
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On Education: Despite Focus on Data, Standards for Diploma May Still Lack Rigor5 February 2012, 8:07 pm
Grading instructions with sample answers suggest that the bar to pass the New York State English Regents exam is surprisingly low.
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Fraud Case Challenges Secrecy of Man’s Past as Criminal5 February 2012, 7:51 pm
A civil racketeering lawsuit was sealed because documents revealed that one of the principals had a criminal past and had helped prosecutors convict dangerous criminals.
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Lottery Numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut5 February 2012, 7:51 pm
Lottery Numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
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Metropolitan Diary: Metropolitan Diary — Fans of Dollar Coins and the Red Sox, and Other New York Tales5 February 2012, 7:41 pm
The decline of the dollar coin disappoints one admirer, and an out-of-town baseball cap leads to an encounter with a police officer and a poem dedicated to the G train.
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City Room: Colliding Continents Created the Rock Formation in a Children's Playground5 February 2012, 12:30 pm
We all know that our skyscrapers are built on bedrock, even if they have to reach down a way to find it. But not many of us know that a few bedrock outcrops are visible in mid-Manhattan.
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Sunday Routine | Nathan Englander: For Nathan Englander, Sunday Is a Day to Roam and Write5 February 2012, 9:12 am
For Nathan Englander, the novelist, short-story writer and soon-to-be playwright, Sundays are about spending quality time with his girlfriend and their puppy in Brooklyn.
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App City: A Smartphone Can Be a Ticket to Ride5 February 2012, 8:13 am
New York Waterway recently introduced an iPhone app that allows riders to use their smartphones as their tickets.
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Homeless Families, Cloaked in Normality5 February 2012, 2:07 am
Of the record 40,000 people in New York City’s shelters, a growing number belong to seemingly ordinary families, rushing off to school and work, smartphones in hand.
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The Neediest Cases: A Mother Grateful to Have a Key to Her Own Place5 February 2012, 1:20 am
Tiffany Tyler and her young son were once evicted by city marshals and lived in a shelter. Now that she has her own apartment, she is determined never to repeat the past.
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Syrian city shelled from dawn to dusk5 February 2012, 8:19 pm
After world leaders decried the U.N. Security Council's failure to pass a resolution on Syria, reports of violence surged once again in the besieged country.
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Explosion kills sons, husband of missing Utah woman5 February 2012, 6:59 pm
Josh Powell and his two sons died in a blast at Powell's Washington home, a Pierce County sheriff's spokesman said. Utah police previously had identified Powell as the lone "person of interest" in the disappearance of his wife Susan Powell-Cox in 2009.
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Gingrich's Southern revival strategy5 February 2012, 3:26 pm
Newt Gingrich said Sunday he is plotting a Southern revival, while Rick Santorum and Ron Paul seek stronger showings in upcoming caucuses to slow front-runner Mitt Romney's momentum after his second straight victory in the Republican presidential race.
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Egypt to charge 43 over NGOs5 February 2012, 3:03 pm
Forty-three people, including 19 Americans, face prosecution in an Egyptian criminal court on charges of illegal foreign funding as part of an ongoing crackdown on nongovernmental organizations, a prosecution spokesman said Sunday.
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Protests, anger mount in Cairo5 February 2012, 1:54 pm
Demonstrators clashed with police outside the interior ministry in Cairo on Sunday as anger mounts over a deadly stampede at a soccer match that killed dozens last week.
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Romney wins Nevada; Gingrich resets5 February 2012, 10:12 am
Mitt Romney rolls to victory in convincing fashion while Newt Gingrich says he has no intention of pulling out of the race.
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Opinion: Syria in for bloody stalemate5 February 2012, 8:45 am
With the UN Security Council sidelined due to vetoes by Russia and China, the Syrian crisis will remain a violent standoff, says Randa Slim.
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Why China, Russia won't condemn Syria5 February 2012, 6:57 am
Questions linger about the motivations of China and Russia, who vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resoultion on Syria.
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Winter hammers Europe5 February 2012, 5:09 am
Power is out and roads are blocked in Italy. In England, Heathrow Airport had to cancel half its flights. The cold snap that began in late January has killed dozens.
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Romney's night4 February 2012, 11:53 pm
He may be a non-gambler, but Mitt Romney had a good night in Vegas. He left town as the night's big winner, capturing his second strong victory in a row.
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Vote for your favorite Super Bowl ad5 February 2012, 8:32 pm
There's no question that the Giants and the Patriots played some exciting football tonight, but what about the ads? Did you like the nostalgia of seeing Jerry Seinfeld's and the Soup Nazi's return, and Matthew Broderick echoing Ferris Bueller?...
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'Chronicle' tops 'Woman in Black' at box office5 February 2012, 3:21 pm
Teen boys with superpowers helped lift the movie box office to unexpected heights over Super Bowl weekend as the thriller "Chronicle" edged Daniel Radcliffe's haunted house movie "The Woman in Black."...
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Celeb real estate: Own Johnny Cash's home5 February 2012, 1:08 pm
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Good job news met with optimism, skepticism5 February 2012, 11:08 am
Month by month, the U.S. job market is regaining its health....
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Europe may shake up Wall Street's quiet week5 February 2012, 10:27 am
The debt crisis will again be top of investors' minds this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the domestic economic calendar. ...
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Boeing checks 787s for carbon fiber delamination4 February 2012, 11:28 pm
Boeing is inspecting its newest plane, the 787 Dreamliner for possible repairs to the carbon fiber composite structure of the plane. The issue involves a problem known as delamination....
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Companies with biggest bets on the Super Bowl4 February 2012, 10:14 am
A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. But despite spending this much to reach such a massive audience at once, the results are rarely impressive....
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N.Y. foreclosure lawsuit could slow home seizures3 February 2012, 3:57 pm
Bankers struggling to deal with faulty foreclosure paperwork just got hit with another major headache. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, recently tapped by President Obama to head a new task force to investigate mortgage fraud, sued three major U.S....
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Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash3 February 2012, 12:09 pm
By msnbc.com staff and wire Steve Appleton, Chairman and CEO of Micron Technology, has passed away in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, the company said Friday....
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Recovery is gathering speed, jobs data show3 February 2012, 10:57 am
The economy is like a flywheel — it takes a lot to get it going. But once it starts moving, it can pick up speed pretty quickly. Friday’s jobs report shows it’s accelerating....
Gadgets
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How would you change the Motorola Droid RAZR?5 February 2012, 7:26 pm
Phones, phones, phones: the burden of autumnal launches for a raft of handsets is that it makes our post-mortem strand a little repetitive. This week's cellular telephone du-jour is Motorola's Droid RAZR, a "7.1mm thick" slab that hopes you neither notice nor mention that 10.6mm hump on the top end. Ludicrous claims about its waistline aside, it oozes materials quality, built from Gorilla Glass, Kevlar and diamond-cut aluminum. It wasn't the most comfortable to hold in our fleshy palm, but it ...
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Inhabitat's Week in Green: electric taxis, paper robots and a cathedral of 55,000 LEDs5 February 2012, 5:30 pm
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. This week Inhabitat saw the light as we reported on several spellbinding new projects around the world -- including an incredible cathedral made from 55,000 LEDs and a glowing prefab pod building modeled after the genetic structure of plankton. We also showcased a luminous forest of thousands of "Frozen Trees" and a high-flying F-Light made from a recycle...
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DASH promises stutter free streaming video over LTE, hopes you don't care about quality5 February 2012, 4:19 pm
We've all been there: fire up a clip from YouTube or a movie on Netflix and things start out great. But, then, after just a few moments, that LTE connection starts to give up the ghost and suddenly you're faced with unbearable stutturing or a video that just dies mid stream. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications are looking to solve that conundrum with DASH, or Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP. The idea is actually surprisingly simple -- files of different sizes and...
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Switched On: New World Recorder5 February 2012, 3:00 pm
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. When it comes to time-shifting television viewing, the conversation almost always comes back to premium streaming services -- namely, Netflix and Hulu Plus. But consumers routinely shell out more than they do for either of these services -- in fact, sometimes more than for both of them combined -- simply to have more convenient access to the television from their existing cable or satellite subscriptions. Not only ...
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 shots orchestrally maneuvers out of the darkness5 February 2012, 12:41 pm
Would you look at that? According to PhotoRumors, that chunk of retro beauty is purportedly a full-on snap of Olympus' new OM-D Micro Four Thirds shooter (from an Amazon Japan listing that's since been pulled) affixed with its optional battery grip (adding what appears to be a secondary shutter button). That, or someone knows exactly what makes us go "Oooh." The chunky '70s stylings make us fear we'd abandon our career to go become a war photographer if one of those was placed in our hands. 43...
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Micron appoints Mark Durcan as new CEO5 February 2012, 11:17 am
In the wake of last week's fatal plane crash that took the life of its CEO, Micron Technology has appointed a successor, Mark Durcan. The former CTO has been with the company since 1984, and has -- per company bylaws -- been serving as interim chief since February 3rd. Robert Switz, the company's previous Board Director, will assume the duties of Board Chairman and Mark Adams, formerly the VP of Worldwide Sales, has been named as the company's President. In a press release announcing the appoint...
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Corning looks to the future, mainly right through it (video)5 February 2012, 10:22 am
Need to take the edge off those winter blues? Perhaps Corning's, somewhat saccharine, vision of our technological future will be just the soporific tonic. Unsurprisingly, the Gorilla Glass maker sees a future where pretty much everything is a transparent touchscreen. While many of these ideas clearly appeal to our tech sensibilities, others are still very much high, high, up in the cloudy mists of concept land. Sure, a few of these ideas are starting to materialize back here in the present day,...
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Refresh Roundup: week of January 30, 20125 February 2012, 8:32 am
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don't escape without notice, we've gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If...
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Sony PS Vita demo hardware drops in at US GameStop locations, lets you go hands-on (update)5 February 2012, 7:49 am
Live within the United State's borders? Fingers itching to spend some quality with Sony's latest portable gaming sensation before the First Edition Bundle lands on February 15th? Good news is here then, since GameStop has equipped "over 3,300" of its retail stores with PlayStation Vita demo kiosks. The rigs will you to score some quality hands-on time with many of its upcoming titles, including the likes of Uncharted: Golden Abyss and wipEout2048 -- perfect if you're not sure about reserving o...
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Engadget Mobile Podcast 124 - 02.05.20125 February 2012, 6:10 am
There are Samsung phones, there are Motorola phones. There are BlackBerry Phones, there are Nokia phones. But you know what really gets us excited? KDDI phones with ten keys and heart of Japanese Gold. It's the Engadget Mobile Podcast.Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad MolenGuests: Joseph Volpe, Dante CesaProducer: Trent WolbeMusic: Tycho - Coastal Brake (Ghostly International)00:00:59 - Galaxy Nexus and other CDMA devices removed from Google Support pages00:03:58 - Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx rev...
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Slick Augmented Reality Demo Works On Any Object Without Special Markers [Video]5 February 2012, 6:00 pm
One of the (many) reasons augmented reality apps haven't caught on is because they usually require markers or special objects for their tracking software to work. Unlike this Obvious Engine system which can easily track anything in a scene. More »
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Heat Seeking Robot Absorbs and Shares The Warmth In Your Home [Video]5 February 2012, 5:00 pm
It's useless for keeping your floors clean, but those of us living in colder climates will certainly appreciate this concept Hagent robot that seeks out the warmest places in your home, absorbing the heat to share with you later. More »
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Stylish Pendant Tools Keep You Fashion Forward, And Alive [Tools]5 February 2012, 3:00 pm
That massive Gerber multi-tool on your belt probably comes in really handy during emergencies, but not on a catwalk. If you want to be prepared for whatever life throws out you and look fashionable, you'll want to consider Wenger's HypeX line. More »
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Recycled Air Bag Backpacks Save the Environment, Not Lives [Bags]5 February 2012, 1:00 pm
After an airbag deploys it's not like you can just cram it back into your steering wheel and carry on. They have to be cut out and replaced, which gives MariClaRo the materials it uses to create this lovely backpack. More »
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Watch OK Go's New Desert Orchestra Stunt Driving Music Video [Video]5 February 2012, 12:44 pm
Last week we showed you a quick preview of OK Go's new video for "Needing/Getting", and now here's the full monty, compiled from a literal drive-by of 1157 homemade instruments of melodic Rube Goldberg(ish) goodness. More »
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The Best Big Screen 3D HDTV [Battlemodo]5 February 2012, 12:00 pm
No, the Super Bowl is not going to be in 3D this year. Again. But that doesn't mean you don't want a 3D set. Here's the thing: The best 2D TV is a 3D TV. The burlier image processors required to render the third dimension make everything look better. More »
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Lego Lord of the Rings Sets First Look: They Are Awesome! [Lego]5 February 2012, 10:45 am
Rejoice fellows of the Lego ring, because we got the first close-up look of the Lego Lord of the Rings sets coming out this year. And they are amazing, from the Mines of Moria—cave troll included!—to Helm's Deep to Shelob! More »
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Hankie Notepads Keep Reporters Looking Dapper [Office]5 February 2012, 9:00 am
That Field Notes notebook you'll find in many a reporter's back pocket ensures they never miss a scoop, but it doesn't do a lot for their image. At least not as much as this clever faux-hankie notebook that complements a blazer. More »
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Tilting Table Somehow Makes Ping Pong Even Awesomer [Video]5 February 2012, 7:00 am
They said it couldn't be done, but Robb Godshaw has successfully found a way to make ping pong—truly man's greatest sport—even better. By introducing a rocking mechanism under the table, and high-powered flashes to throw off your opponent. More »
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The Good Wife, Where Computers...Save the Day. Just Like in The Good Wife [Video]4 February 2012, 7:00 pm
You might think the TV show The Good Wife is best suited to middle-aged women (so much so that my fiance enforces reference restraint when we're out with friends). Seriously though, it's one of the best shows on TV. Character Depth! Complex, contemporary issues! And tons of tech. Bear with me. More »
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A license to link? Lowe's has one5 February 2012, 7:00 pm
In the course of building a large framed mirror last month—a process which cemented my belief that doing pro-quality wood staining is a black art best left to necromancers—I visited the website for hardware giant Lowe's. While exploring the site, I came across something peculiar: a short Lowe's "customer care" statement on how other website operators can link to Lowe's.
I know what you're thinking: “there are instructions for this?” Indeed th...
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Over 3 years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online5 February 2012, 5:00 pm
Facebook is still working on deleting photos from its servers in a timely manner nearly three years after Ars first brought attention to the topic. The company admitted on Friday that its older systems for storing uploaded content "did not always delete images from content delivery networks in a reasonable period of time even though they were immediately removed from the site," but said it's currently finishing up a newer system that makes the process much quicker....
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Microsoft publishes fancy-pants heterogeneous parallel GPGPU C++ AMP specification5 February 2012, 3:00 pm
Microsoft has published the specification for C++ AMP (Accelerated Massive Parallelism), its new system for heterogeneous parallel processing in C++. When Microsoft first announced C++ AMP in June last year, it said that it wanted to make the AMP specification open to all.
AMP has been developed by Microsoft with input from AMD and NVIDIA. Microsoft's implementation allows AMP programs to use both the main CPU and Direct3D video cards (via the company's DirectComput...
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Weekend Time Waster: Solitaire Blitz brings excitement to lonely card clicking5 February 2012, 1:00 pm
Digital forms of Solitaire have been included with Windows since it reached version 3.0, and they may well represent the most widely played video game series this side of Angry Birds, enjoyed by bored cubicle workers and bored, procrastinating students alike. While most serious gamers probably wouldn't put these games top ten picks of all time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a single PC owner that hasn't put in at least a few hours on a machine that has nothing e...
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In annual tradition, advertisers cowed by NFL trademark bullying5 February 2012, 9:00 am
Every year in late January or early February, two teams take to the field to play a football game that's watched by tens of millions of Americans. And every year, businesses launch ad campaigns to sell a variety of products—televisions, pizzas, soda—in conjunction with the game. And the overwhelming majority of these businesses avoid calling it the "Super Bowl."
Why? They're afraid of getting sued by the National Football League, which holds the trademar...
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Week in Apple: post-Macworld|iWorld edition4 February 2012, 2:00 pm
This week, we wrapped up our coverage of the 2012 Macworld|iWorld conference in San Francisco just as Apple issued an update to Final Cut Pro X and gave the AirPort Utility an iOS makeover. Additionally, Tim Cook offered some strong words in response to doubts about Apple's attitude toward worker conditions in China, Neil Young recounted stories about Steve Jobs working towards higher-quality music downloads, and more. Need a recap? You're in the right place.
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Week in Gaming: Misleading game trailers, Online Passes and cat MMOs4 February 2012, 12:00 pm
This week, an animated trailer for an imaginary Zelda game got us wondering why exactly games often can't live up to the thrilling scenes we're shown in pre-release videos. We also looked at the slow redefinition of what an Online Pass can be used for, examined the legality of blocking used games sales, and spent a massively-multiplayer hour as a cat.
Madden NFL and Tecmo Bowl both agree that the Giants are going to win the Super Bowl this weekend. Personally, I'm rooting...
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Week in tech: acting out over ACTA, Firefox 10, and a new KDE tablet4 February 2012, 10:00 am
Kindle Fire dwarfs other Android tablets in market share after just three months: After three months, the Kindle Fire has an equal share of the Android tablet market with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and has already outstripped the Motorola Xoom, Asus Transformer, and Acer Iconia Tab.
Firefox 10 arrives with new dev tools and full-screen API: Mozilla has released version 10 of the Firefox Web browser. The update includes improved development tools and a new API for displaying p...
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Week in science, with unusual amounts of insanity4 February 2012, 8:00 am
It was a crazy week for science. Normally, when we say that, we mean there was a lot of important news going on; this week, some of the actual stories involved a fair degree of nuttiness. These included an overt attempt to inject religion into science classes and a theory that attempts to explain everything without even bothering to deal with most of the fundamental particles identified by physics. Still, there was some good science, including a very selective gr...
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Kelihos botnet remains very much dead after all3 February 2012, 6:55 pm
A spam botnet brought down four months ago, which was once capable of pumping out almost four billion spam messages a day, remains very much dead, two of the companies behind the takedown said.
That determination, announced late Friday by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab representatives, contradicted published reports, including one from Ars, that claimed the network of infected computers had been resurrected. There's no evidence that control of Kelihos, which also went by...
Apple
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DIY Worm Compost Bin [Video]5 February 2012, 5:00 pm
Worms can compost kitchen scraps and shredded paper much faster than the aerobic compost process utilized in most commercial backyard compost bins. A vermicomposting (worm composting) bin can be built with a couple of stackable totes, a small piece of window screen, and a drill. More »
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Use Your Tax Refund to Build Your Future [Taxes]5 February 2012, 4:00 pm
If you get a tax refund most years it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking of that refund as a windfall and blowing it on stuff you don't need. Instead use that money to kill a debt, bulk up your emergency fund, or invest in your future. More »
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"I'd really like to start developing games for Android, but I don't know a thing about coding. Any advice?" [Ask The Commenters Roundup]5 February 2012, 3:00 pm
I'd really like to start developing games for Android, but I don't know a thing about coding. I'm simply an artist/graphic designer who has some ideas. Do you know where or how I can get started?
Is there a way to post something of Facebook, but not allow anybody to make comments?
Should one always believe the Internet blindly? The Internet is huge and is filled with all sorts of information, So, is it always right? Can I, as a reader, rely on it?
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WanderPlayer Turns Your Smartphone Into a Controller for Flash Games [Video]5 February 2012, 2:00 pm
Android/iPhone and Windows/Mac: Many Flash-based games would work better with a retro controller than a keyboard and mouse. The free app WanderPlayer turns your iPhone or Android phone into a controller that already works with 100 popular web games right now with more on the way. More »
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Add a Fleece Lining to Bandannas to Prevent Frostbite While Enjoying Snow Sports [Weekend Project]5 February 2012, 1:00 pm
If you enjoy spending time in the outdoors skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, or enjoying other snow sports and don't like wearing a full ski-mask you can protect your face by sewing a fleece insert into a bandanna that you wear on your face. More »
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Frozen Garlic and Onion Purees Save Time and Money [Food Hacks]5 February 2012, 12:00 pm
Some people end up buying and peeling an onion and a head of garlic when they only need a portion of that for their recipe and end up tossing the rest, only to need it again a few days later. Freezing a puree of garlic, onion, and olive oil means that not only do you avoid this wasteful routine, but you can prepare several months worth when the ingredients are on sale. More »
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Five Best Ways to Stream Live TV [Video]5 February 2012, 9:00 am
Whether you're looking for a way to catch the big game this weekend when you're away from your living room, or you just like to catch live television when you're trapped somewhere without either cable or a television, you have plenty of options to help you catch a broadcast on your mobile phone or your computer. Here's a look at five of the best ways to tune in when you're on the go. More »
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Throw Together a Last-Minute Super Bowl Party [Super Bowl]5 February 2012, 8:00 am
Perhaps you've realized that all your friends are busy and no one you know is throwing a party except that one guy from work you don't want to hang out with. Or just maybe you don't know a football from a volleyball and want to have an excuse for a party. Either way we've got you covered. More »
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This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]4 February 2012, 6:00 pm
Radioactivity Counter Turns Your Android Phone into a Geiger Counter (Android) Getting one step closer to turning your phone into a tricorder, Android app Radioactivity Counter uses the CMOS camera sensor on your phone to record radiation levels.
Use Colorblind Assistant to Identify Whatever Color Your Cursor is Pointing At (Windows) If you're colorblind or just need to constantly know what colors are on your screen the free program Colorblind Assistant might be for you. The prog...
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Give Each Day a Dinner Theme to Help Plan Family Menus [Meal Planning]4 February 2012, 5:00 pm
If you try to plan advance monthly or bi-weekly menus it can be difficult to balance variety with the staples that everyone enjoys. Parenting weblog Simple Mom recommends establishing a theme for each day of the week such as pizza day or crock pot meals day. That way you know what type of meal you need for all of your open slots and your family knows what to expect at most meals. More »
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Samsung Continues to Poke Fun at Apple Fans in Super Bowl Ad5 February 2012, 8:31 pm
Samsung aired another of its series of Apple-mocking commercials during the 2012 Super Bowl tonight. In this ad, Samsung is pushing the new Samsung Galaxy Note.
Like the previous ads in the series, Samsung depicts iPhone fans standing in line for the new iPhone, while promoting their own products as the "next big thing".
Samsung's head of marketing has acknowledged she is directly targeting Apple and shooting to reach a more emotional connection with their consumers. “Especially in U....
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ARM-Based MacBook Air Unlikely Based on Analyst Talk with Tim Cook4 February 2012, 4:24 pm
There had been some interesting claims last year that Apple had been actively testing an ARM (A5) based MacBook Air. The ARM processor is the same one that is used in the iPhone and iPad. An ARM-based MacBook Air, however, would raise a number of questions about what kind of device it might actually be. Would it run OS X, or iOS? Would it be closer to a Mac or an iOS device? One of the main advantages of using an ARM processor would be a reduction in power-requirements, but with a corre...
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AT&T Starts Throttling Unlimited Data Users after 2GB of Monthly Usage4 February 2012, 3:24 pm
In October, AT&T announced that they would start throttling data usage amongst mobile Unlimited Data Plan users. While AT&T no longer offers an Unlimited Data plan to new customers, many of the original iPhone purchasers are still grandfathered into that plan. Those iPhone users have been able to retain these Unlimited plans, even though AT&T has since moved to a tiered data plan structure.
When AT&T announced their plan to start throttling users, the company said that they would only b...
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Apple Revises Snow Leopard Security Update and Pulls 10.7.3 Delta Update4 February 2012, 3:02 pm
After a couple of issues with some software updates, Apple has made some quiet revisions to address the problems.
The first was a Snow Leopard security update which inadvertently caused problems with Apple's PowerPC emulation layer Rosetta. Macworld notes that Apple has since released Security Update 2012-001, version 1.1 for Snow Leopard. The new version seems to fix the PowerPC crashing issues described with the original update.
Meanwhile, the crashing/CUI errors with 10.7.3 Delta upd...
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Uploaded iTunes Match Songs Inaccessible for Some Users3 February 2012, 4:52 pm
Some iTunes Match users are encountering difficulties when attempting to download songs they have previously uploaded to iTunes Match. Matched songs appear unaffected for most users. Threads on both the MacRumors Forums and the Apple Support Communities detail the issues.
I keep getting the "error = -2114" and "Please check that the connection to the network is active and try again." It then moves to the next download and most times is succsesful. I am getting this error in the last few hour...
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Genius Recommendations for Movies and TV Shows Appearing on Apple TV3 February 2012, 3:00 pm
Several Apple TV users have reported a new addition to the menus of their devices, with the new option bringing Genius recommendations for movies and TV shows in their libraries. Curiously, early reports noted that rather than carrying a correct menu title, the movie option carried the name "ATV.Menu.MOVIE.GeniusItem", suggesting that the new feature may have appeared prematurely. Apple seems to have fixed the issue, however, with the menu option now showing properly as "Genius".
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Apple Clarifies iBooks Author Licensing Situation in New Software Update3 February 2012, 1:01 pm
Following Apple's release of iBooks Author last month to support creation of iBooks Textbooks, significant controversy arose regarding the software's licensing, which specified that the output from the software could only be sold via the iBookstore and not any other marketplace.
Some confusion had resulted from Apple's language, with some believing that Apple was claiming rights to all content used in the production of the iBooks Textbooks, perhaps attempting to exclude books from being publi...
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Apple's Share of Profits Among Top Mobile Phone Vendors Hits 75%3 February 2012, 12:02 pm
asymco's Horace Dediu has released his latest calculations of revenue and profits in the global mobile phone industry, finding that Apple has increased its share of the top vendors' profits to 75%. Samsung followed in second place with 16% of industry profits while no other vendor accounted for more than 4% of profits.Apple reached 75% of profit share, nearly 40% of revenue share and 9% of units share.
Apple and Samsung combined for about 91% of profits with RIM third at 3.7%, HTC fourth a...
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Snow Leopard Security Update Kills PowerPC Apps Using Rosetta3 February 2012, 8:49 am
While the odd "CUI Error" experienced by some users after upgrading to OS X 10.7.3 earlier this week has garnered a fair amount of attention, it appears that a security update released for Mac OS X Snow Leopard at the same time is also causing major issues for users who rely on older PowerPC applications that run under Apple's Rosetta framework.
Security Update 2012-001 was released alongside OS X 10.7.3 on Wednesday in order to bring some of the security fixes found in OS X 10.7.3 to users s...
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Apple Pulls All 3G Devices Except iPhone 4S from German Online Store Following Motorola Patent Win [Updated]3 February 2012, 7:11 am
Bloomberg reports that Apple has removed all non-iPhone 4S devices with 3G technology from its German online store following a win by Motorola in the ongoing patent dispute between the two companies. The devices, which include the 3G iPad 2, iPhone 4, and iPhone 3GS, remain available from Apple's physical stores and other resellers in the country.
iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS removed from Apple's German online store
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‘ColoredKnob’ Updated With a Host of New Colors5 February 2012, 3:30 pm
ColoredKnob is a tweak that we covered in the past, and it was met with a fairly warm reception. We really liked it; in fact, the only thing holding us back from absolutely loving it was the limited amount of colors available in the initial release. Apparently the developer heard our cries, because ColoredKnob has [...]...
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When Siri Gets Psycho Creepy5 February 2012, 3:00 pm
This has to be the coolest video featuring Siri I have seen yet. It’s funny, and very well put together. You should definitely check it out.(...)Read the rest of When Siri Gets Psycho Creepy "When Siri Gets Psycho Creepy" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+....
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iOS Apps Crashing More Than Android Apps?5 February 2012, 2:30 pm
iPhone and iPad apps have always been considered to be much more polished than Android apps by most users. Apple’s strict style guide and closed App Store create a similar feel among apps, while Google’s Android Market is open for all. In a new report from crash report analytics company Crittercism, the company says that iOS [...]...
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AT&T Begins Throttling Unlimited Data Users Only After 2GB5 February 2012, 2:10 pm
AT&T announced in October of 2011 that they would begin throttling data usage for users still on an Unlimited Data Plan. Original iPhone users are the only one who have kept their unlimited plans, while newer customers on AT&T have been stuck using tiered data plans, which were just restructured last month. In October’s announcement, [...]...
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Siri Would Do Anything For Doritos5 February 2012, 1:50 pm
We already know that Siri, hot girls and Doritos don’t go well together. But do you know what happens when you tease Siri with Doritos? You might not want to know. This video is one in a series of ads by Doritos that might air during the Super Bowl. I definitely liked the other ad [...]...
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‘Bookstand’ Goes Live on Cydia5 February 2012, 1:39 pm
We previewed Bookstand — a new tweak that allows you to access iBooks content right from iOS 5′s Newsstand — a couple of days ago. Now the tweak is available on Cydia for all to enjoy. Be sure to check out our full preview of Bookstand. It can be found on the BigBoss repo for [...]...
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‘ZeppelinLogoPack’ Adds Even More Custom Carrier Logos to the iPhone5 February 2012, 12:01 pm
So the Superman and Infiniti carrier logos just weren’t enough for you? If that’s the case then check out ZeppelinLogoPack, a free add-on for the Zeppelin jailbreak tweak, which puts a host of new carrier logos at your disposal. If you’re looking to add even more customization to your iPhone’s status bar, then it’s hard to [...]...
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iOSOpenDev App for Creating Jailbreak Tweaks Now Available5 February 2012, 8:00 am
Last week we told you about iOSOpenDev, an app aimed at lowering the learning curve for iOS developers looking to create jailbreak tweaks. The utility allows users to develop tweaks using Apple’s own Xcode software. As promised, iOSOpenDev is now available for download. So if you have a little bit of a background in programming, [...]...
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How to Watch the Super Bowl On Your iPhone5 February 2012, 7:00 am
Over half of the US population is expected to be in front of a TV set today watching the Super Bowl. But for those of you that for one reason or another can’t get in front of a television this afternoon, there’s other ways to catch the game. If you happen to have access to [...]...
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Win Prizes While Watching The Super Bowl With Chevy’s Game Time App5 February 2012, 6:00 am
Nearly 170 million viewers tuned in to watch the Super Bowl last year, meaning over half of America’s 308 million residents caught at least part of the the big game. If you plan on being a part of that statistic today, you’re definitely going to want to download the new Chevy Game Time application for [...]...
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