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What You Want: Flickr Creator Spins Addictive New Web Service

Thu, 2010-07-29 21:00
Meet Caterina Fake, the creative spark behind Hunch. Her big idea? Develop a web service that knows what you want before you even want it.


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July 30, 1935: Penguins Invade Britain, Readers Rejoice

Thu, 2010-07-29 21:00
Penguin publishes the first paperback books of substance, bringing the likes of Ernest Hemingway, André Maurois and Agatha Christie to the masses. The business model of the book-publishing industry is about to change.


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Found: The Future of In-Flight Entertainment

Thu, 2010-07-29 21:00
What will in-flight entertainment be like in the year 2023? There isn't any.


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Found Contest: Imagine the Future of Taco Trucks

Thu, 2010-07-29 21:00
Wired magazine's Found page represents our best guess at what lies over the horizon, from touchscreen windshields to organ farming. Help create our next Found page: Show us what taco trucks will look like in 10, 20 or 100 years?


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Clive Thompson on the Death of the Phone Call

Thu, 2010-07-29 21:00
Clive Thompson waxes philosophical on how text messaging is threatening -- and preserving -- the telephone conversation.


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Alt Text: Library of Congress Rulings That Could Have Been

Thu, 2010-07-29 17:00
Being able to legally jailbreak your iPhone is cool and all, but think where this type of legal reasoning could take us.


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Gallery: How to Build an Earthquake-Resistant Bridge

Thu, 2010-07-29 16:30
San Franciscans gets a peek at what's involved in building a new bridge when builders place the first segment of a tower that will soon hold up a brand-new span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Wired.com shoots photos of the new bridge on a recent tour of the massive construction project.


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WikiLeaks Suspect's YouTube Videos Raised 'Red Flag' in 2008

Thu, 2010-07-29 16:30
An Army private suspected of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks was admonished as a trainee in 2008 for uploading YouTube videos discussing classified facilities, according to an Army official with direct knowledge of the incident.


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Top U.S. Officer: WikiLeaks Has 'Blood on Its Hands'

Thu, 2010-07-29 13:17
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen is ordinarily a mild-mannered man. But they could barely contain his anger on Thursday at WikiLeaks for publishing tens of thousands of secret documents about the Afghanistan war.


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Android App's Data Collection Raises Mobile-Security Questions

Thu, 2010-07-29 11:55
An Android app's data-collection practice has raised concerns about user privacy and security on mobile phones.


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Controlling Soot Might Quickly Reverse a Century of Global Warming

Thu, 2010-07-29 11:40
A massive simulation of soot's climate effects finds that basic pollution controls could put a brake on global warming, erasing in a decade most of the last century's temperature change.


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Genome Surprise: Guinea Pigs Have Ebola!

Thu, 2010-07-29 11:30
A genomic hunt for virus genes traced sequences to Ebola and the closely related Marburg virus in no fewer than six vertebrate species. The genes appear to have been mixed in about 40 million years ago, and have stuck around ever since.


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Nexus One Phone Rides a Rocket Up 28,000 Feet

Thu, 2010-07-29 10:37
A group of rocket enthusiasts used a rocket to send a Nexus One phone 28,000 feet into the atmosphere.


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Twitter Convert Kanye West Changes His Rap

Thu, 2010-07-29 07:43
Rapper Kanye West, who might be more famous for his controversial pronouncements over the years than for his music, would seem the perfect candidate for starting a Twitter account, but rejected the notion. However, he changed his mind by starting an account and rapping at Twitter's headquarters on Wednesday.


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Brammo Builds Another Sweet Electric Race Bike

Thu, 2010-07-29 07:00
If the Empulse RR runs as well as it looks, the competition should be very nervous.


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Researcher Demonstrates ATM 'Jackpotting' at Black Hat Conference

Thu, 2010-07-29 06:01
LAS VEGAS — In a city filled with slot machines spilling jackpots, it was a 'jackpotted' ATM machine that got the most attention Wednesday at the Black Hat security conference, when researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated two suave hacks against automated teller machines that allowed him to program them to spew out dozens of crisp bills.


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Feature-Laden GPS Camera Has No Sense of Direction

Thu, 2010-07-29 06:00
The Samsung HZ35W would be a great GPS-enabled camera, if it could only give us accurate coordinates.


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Wind-Powered Cart Goes Faster Than the Wind

Thu, 2010-07-29 05:00
A wind-powered vehicle can travel downwind faster than the wind. It's been proven at El Mirage. Not that we expect the debate to end quietly.


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July 29, 1958: Ike Inks Space Law, NASA Born in Wake of Russ Moon

Wed, 2010-07-28 21:00
President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


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Amazon Strikes Back at the iPad With New, $140 Kindle

Wed, 2010-07-28 17:20
Amazon will ship the third generation of its Kindle e-book reader on Aug. 27, offering a cheaper, Wi-Fi only version for just $140. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos also offers some optimistic predictions about the future growth of e-book sales.


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