20 Great American Superheroes To Share Your Holiday With (8)
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It's Independence Day here in the United States, and what better way to celebrate it than to remember the fictional men and women who drape themselves in red, white and blue and try to personify what makes the country great? For almost as long as there have been superheroes, there have been superheroes who were intended to be patriotic figures representing American values by offering up inspirational speeches, standing up for the little guy and ...
伊朗：抗议运动激励艺术创作 (2)
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原作者Hamid Tehrani · 译者 Ravi · 阅读原文 伊朗与非伊朗籍的民众相继在网络上以艺术创作表达支持抗议伊朗总统大选结果的示威活动。 上周，我们刊载了一些艺术创作结合抗议活动的例子。 美国艺术家Tim Raines创造的设计表示声援伊朗示威。（下图） Hamed Pourabedin的设计意指在过去两个星期内死亡的伊朗示威者。他认为杀害示威者的行为使示威运动更坚强。（下图） 伊朗博客Elika Hedayat在她的Facebook个人页里分享她的创作： Elika Hedayat的设计。以波斯语阐明：「你们不要害怕，我们都在一起」（下图） Nikoo则分享了他的朋友Patrick的原创作品： 一位伊朗艺术家以钢琴演奏并歌唱来表达对Neda Agha Soltan的敬意，Neda在六月二十日德黑兰的示威活动中被射杀。这段影片已被观看超过36,900次。 见全球之声2009年伊朗选举特别报导页面。 校对：Soup
Startups looking to make money by enhancing reality (3)
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Augmented reality (AR) technology, which overlays 3-D graphics or information over a live camera feed, isn’t a brand-new idea. But now that smartphones are penetrating the mass market, AR may be on the cusp of wide adoption. Imagine traveling to a foreign country, pointing your camera at a building and having it up pull up a trove of historical information, video and images of the place over the past century. Two early AR services are ...
Augmented reality startups petition Apple for live video interface (2)
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Augmented reality startups, which superimpose graphics and information on live camera feeds, say they are having difficulty releasing applications on ...
New version of Foursquare reminds you where your friends are — constantly (2)
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Foursquare just released a new version of its mobile application for sharing your location with friends — including a new feature that should make the app a much bigger presence in users’ lives. Taking advantage of new options in the iPhone’s operating system, Foursquare 1.3 includes push notification, delivering a message whenever your friends check in at a new location whether you’re using the app or not. New York City-based Foursquare is run by the ...
[VIDEOS] This 21-Gun Salute To America Blows Fireworks Away (10)
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You want fireworks for the Fourth? Oh, I've got some fireworks for you—21 crazy boomsticks, in fact. All in honor of our nation's 233 birthday. Get fired up A note about your second amendment rights [Busted Tees] Superweapons Metal Storm takes you down in a hail of gunfire [Link] The Navy's Railgun fires a projectile at 5,640 mph—one-third of its potential power. [Link] The Cornershot does exactly what you think it does. Boeing recently conducted ...
TechCrunch founder launches hardware startup (5)
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A year ago, TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington announced his plan to build a “dead-simple Web tablet for $200,” using crowdsourced designs from his readers. Today Arrington announced the formation of Crunchpad, Inc, a startup company with 14 employees in Singapore. Crunchpad will oversee manufacture of the device, also called the Crunchpad. “There’s factories that just churn stuff out. It’s pretty simple,” Arrington told the Business Times. The article spends most of its time profiling Arrington ...
CatGenie Litter Box: The Clean Fresh Smell of Civilization's Discontents (17)
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Ever since the Egyptians (Mayans? Indians?) invented zero, curmudgeons have argued that technology creates as many problems as it solves, but I've never encountered a product that does exactlythat, until now. I'm talking about a litter box. We all know there are plenty of products that cause more problems than they solve. As a professional technologian, my job is to sift through innovations to see which ones make for an improved life, and which ones ...
How to Remote Control your Windows PC with Email or SMS (31)
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It’s a long weekend and you’re happy because you’ll get to spend the next three days with your family. You left the office in an excited mood but as the cab was approaching home, you suddenly realized that you forgot to shut down the Office PC. Oops! It’s a sinking feeling because there’re so many confidential documents on the computer and since most of your trusted colleagues have also left for the day, there’s no ...
The 10 Worst Places to Wait For a Train [PICS] (12)
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Trains are appealing because there's nothing like the power of a big diesel locomotive or the ability to drink heavily while traveling. There's also nothing like these ten stations where even the most ardent train lover wouldn't wait. Michigan Central Station Where: Detroit, Michigan Serves: Formerly Amtrak, Michigan Central Railroad Why we wouldn't want to wait there: In addition to no longer having service, the Michigan Central Station has fallen into disrepair like almost everything ...
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Solon said:
deprê, o primeiro prédio.
Google Voice is Cool, But Do You Need It? [Phones] (119)
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You've read about the features, you saw the invites going out, but you might be wondering what, exactly, Google Voice could do for you. Here's our guide for the curious and uninvited on whether your phones need some Google juice. We're not going to explain every feature, quirk, and option in the Google Voice service, which is slowly giving out invites to those who request them. We've already taken a first look at Google Voice, ...
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thecolor said:
I personally like it. I can't wait for number potability!
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Vince said:
When will it come to the UK?
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Colin Eide said:
I've been happy with Grand Central/ Google Voice for years now. Great for people who are out of the country a lot.
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Kir said:
хочуууу sigh.. но для европы это еще ой как не скоро видимо будет
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Todd said:
I just got my invite, and signed up. Still don't know what (if anything) I'm going to use this for.
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Bill Blaney said:
For Mike
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cbsmith said:
Had it for a while, and the only complaint is the occasional voice latency problem.
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Walt Ruppar said:
You've read about the features, you saw the invites going out, but you might be wondering what, exactly, Google Voice could do for you. Here's our guide for the curious and uninvited on whether your phones need some Google juice.We're not going to explain every feature, quirk, and option in the Google Voice service, which is slowly giving out invites to those who request them. We've already taken a first look at Google Voice, and Google Voice's own Getting Started guide does a nice job explaining the service's ins and outs. We're looking to answer the question we seem to hear most often from commenters, friends, tech pundits, and just about everyone: What would I get out of it?
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Brock said:
Yes! And where is my invite?
Notable and Crazy Sony Cassette Walkman Editions [Sony] (12)
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Sony's cassette tape Walkman came to life in many shapes and forms through the years. Here are a few of the great, the important and sometimes plain weird Walkman models. The original TPS-L2 Walkman went on sale 30 years ago today, July 1st 1979, in Japan. It played stereo and had dual mini headphone jacks for sharing audio with a friend. There was a mic, but it was not used for recording, but to output ...
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av8612 said:
охуенни, это вам не сраные айподы
Giz Explains: How to Choose the Right Graphics Card [Giz Explains] (14)
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There are plenty of great graphics cards out there, no matter what you're looking for. Thing is, the odds are seemingly stacked against you ever finding the right one. It doesn't have to be that hard. Whether you're buying a new computer, building your own or upgrading an old one, the process of choosing a new graphics card can be daunting. Integrated graphics solutions—the kind that come standard with many PCs—have trouble playing games from ...
How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network's WEP Password with BackTrack [Wi-Fi] (287)
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You already know that if you want to lock down your Wi-Fi network, you should opt for WPA encryption because WEP is easy to crack. But did you know how easy? Take a look. Today we're going to run down, step-by-step, how to crack a Wi-Fi network with WEP security turned on. But first, a word: Knowledge is power, but power doesn't mean you should be a jerk, or do anything illegal. Knowing how to ...
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starbane said:
Perfect illustration of why not to use WEP.
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Mark said:
Interesting little how-to. I knew it was easy, but never really looked into what software/hardware you'd need to do it.
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ARSHUM said:
anyone still using WEP encrypted wi-fi?
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Adrián Dantas said:
Já fui vitima da baixa segurança do WEP... :(
Grant Morrison Tells All About Batman and Robin (8)
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With the second issue of DC Comics' Batman and Robin released today, we asked writer Grant Morrison why we need a new Batman, how sane Bruce Wayne really was, and whether Batman is actually sci-fi or not after all. There's something iconic about the title "Batman and Robin" (as well as the idea of Batman as this well-adjusted, not-entirely-fucked-up character) - With getting a new #1 and new series to continue the story you've been ...
Great Sony Walkman TV and Print Ads of the 1980s (10)
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To commemorate the Sony Walkman's 30th birthday, here are the trippy ads Sony used to promote it in the '80s. Noble monkeys, off-key kids and sweet-toothed senseis—where's that f'd up sense of humor now, Sony? Back in 1983, Sony declared the WM-10 Super Walkman the "world's smallest cassette player," and promoted it with ads that appealed to the dudes and to the ladies. There's the fantasy hardware building demonstration, 1 minute into the following ad ...
Twitter Makes Significant UI Changes (well, significant for Twitter…) (7)
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Twitter has made a number of subtle changes to your following and followers lists. The changes make it easier to see information about the people you’re connected with. You can view people in list view or expanded, and next to each profile is a settings option to disable or enable mobile phone notifications (or an option to follow the user if you’re not already) as well as links to mention, unfollow/follow or block a user. ...
Computing Classic: The Kitchen Computer [Retromodo] (14)
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The 1969 Kitchen Computer by Honeywell was not just a fancy cutting board. It was meant to store recipes, even recommending meals from ingredients on hand. The problem is, you had to know binary to use it. The machine's designers assumed that housewives would do all the cooking, and yet, also assumed they'd be open to learning binary: is the Honeywell Kitchen Computer the most or least sexist computer ever made? I don't know. I ...
Themes: Another way that FriendFeed is getting more like Gmail (5)
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Lifestreaming service FriendFeed is getting more and more like Gmail, the popular email service that the startup’s founders built back when they were at Google. Today, FriendFeed is getting themes so users can personalize the site interface — like what Gmail introduced last year. Last week, it introduced file-sharing, so you don’t need to upload and share files through email or other services. The themes themselves aren’t a huge news item (unless you’re a FriendFeed ...
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Forrest Cox said:
FriendFeed and Google Wave are going to collide head on at some point...
In Which We Provoke Kim Jong Il in 77 Offensive and Hilarious Ways [Photoshop Contest] (38)
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OK, so if crazy Kim Jong Il does try nuking Hawaii this weekend, don't blame me. He was planning on it before this horrifying and hilarious gallery of shameful Photoshops appeared. Oh god, what have I done? First Place — Nick Dwyer Second Place —T. Baxter Third Place — Dave Corrasa
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Hector Villarreal said:
hahaha, so good :p
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Wao said:
都爱这么玩PS呀 ～
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Paul said:
OMG - hysterical.
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Rini said:
Better to just click on the link than try to look at it all in here.
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Alex said:
LOLz my favorite dictator
