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High-tech Gyrobike May Make Training Wheels Obsolete (3)
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We recently took a look at different methods parents use to teach their kids how to ride bikes. We looked at everything from trailer bikes to taking off pedals. But there was one more approach that we wanted to consider. It wasn't included in the original post for several reasons: first, it's not available yet, so it didn't belong with the other options we evaluated. Second, it's so unique that it deserves its own post ...Contribute comment -
Web Services That Cater To Both The Publisher And The Reader (Fred/A VC) (3)
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Fred / A VC: Web Services That Cater To Both The Publisher And The Reader — I've been noticing a trend lately that certain web services are starting to cater to both the publisher and the reader. And I think this is an important direction for a host of reasons. — You have to build a service …Contribute comment -
Facebook Live Feed Kills Twitter & FriendFeed (Nick O'Neill/All Facebook) (13)
onNick O'Neill / All Facebook: Facebook Live Feed Kills Twitter & FriendFeed — Yes, I love calling Facebook the Twitter and FriendFeed killer but I seriously think they may have one-upped the competition on their latest release: the Live Feed. You can sit and watch in real-time what is taking place with your friends across their profiles in an unfiltered manner.Shared by Aaron (9) Dave (11) David (61) DOCBook Howto (126) Ed (8) Forrest (21) gadgetboy (9) Jeremy (92) Jonathan (6) Jonathon Juvenal (12) nkronberg (52) Parker (13) toddkitta (5)
- Forrest said: I actually think there's room for both in the digilife - friendfeed is an information service that's name sort of belies its purpose. My friends and I keep in touch largely though facebook, but I use friendfeed to track the streams of people with whom I may never have a personal relationship, but who's intellectual and experiential information I still find compelling. It's entirely possible that people older than myself will find friendfeed's innate simplicity and lack of clutter appealing - facebook can be a bit much if you're not into everything it offers. Either way, the competition between feed providers, just as with browsers and other applications, benefits us as users. I'm all for it.
- toddkitta said: I completely agree. The live feed is awesome. The only reason I will continue to use Twitter/FriendFeed is for the interesting community.
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David Levy on Having No Time to Think [Weekend Watching] (29)
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The whole reason why you spend time streamlining, automating, and speeding up your workflow isn't to work more—it's to make time for important things computers can't do, like thinking. Professor David Levy argues, however, that our fast-paced world doesn't allow for time to think deeply, the time when we come up with our best ideas and most important insights. Levy's talk at Google last year is a cannot-miss for any lifehacker; at almost an hour ...Shared by Aaron R (74) Alfredo (29) andrea (21) boozedog (4) chiao (8) Doug (28) Erik (11) gadgetboy (9) Imran (2) JenniferG (17) Jon Lorenzini (17) KenFan (20) KingBee (4) LaptopHeaven (7) Michael H (5) Mike (44) mistaSteve (36) mjoneill (10) msanders (14) Nick Sears (6) Phil (3) Radek Pilich (24) Richie de Almeida (30) Ryan (11) SPE825 (5) taylor (355) virtualcourtney (20) Wayne (52) Will (8)Contribute comment -
It’s Time to Give the Best of Twitter Some Pulitzers. (17)
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Matt Richtel of The New York Times added to Valleywag’s presumed embarrassment today by letting readers of the world-renowned rag in on his secret. Evidently the salacious gossip artists at the other VW weren’t privy to a Twitter novel - or a Twitter thriller, a so-called “Twiller,” to be precise - under production by Richtel. I myself learned of its evolution near the start. How about you? No matter. The reason I touch on the ...Shared by AJ (198) benhamin (14) Christian (59) cmwaugh (18) deanterry (13) Drew Olanoff (148) Elijah Bailey (49) gadgetboy (9) HollowMarkeD (65) laleh (5) Mashable (11) Mike F (486) Mykl Roventine (14) Nick (7) p0ps (34) Valeehill (20) Yung-Hui Lim (84)- Elijah Bailey said: Wow, the twillers and twitties are so the way of modern social happenings. We're advancing in this community at an incredible rate
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F|R: What Startups Can Learn From Michael Dell (19)
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It’s not a new idea to make hay by seizing the messy business opportunities no one else wants. Innovating the distribution of a technology, rather than inventing the technology itself, isn’t novel either. This is the model that made founder Michael Dell a billionaire. Now, San Francisco-based Sungevity is taking a page from Michael Dell’s playbook in an effort to do to solar panels what Dell did to personal computers. Solar installs are typically custom ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (85) AJ (198) Alex (18) Artem (52) atul (96) C.K. (137) Charles (11) Edin (13) gadgetboy (9) Glenn (30) Jeff Trexler (4) macaia (4) Murat Aktihanoglu (6) Nick (75) pablo (18) Patrick Altman (10) rachna (6) redeye (3) Yung-Hui Lim (84)Contribute comment -
Texas Instruments' Pico projector prototype caught on tape (8)
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Filed under: Displays Our friends at Engadget Spanish got a look at Texas Instruments' DLP Pico projector, which both Optoma and Toshiba have expressed interest in. The little unit pumps out a WVGA (we think) 1000:1 image, which they found quite satisfactory, in addition to 0.5 watts of sound. The built-in battery should run the thing for a couple of hours. Action-packed video after the break, en español!Continue reading Texas Instruments' Pico projector prototype caught ...Shared by Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (64) aNTwNHs (80) bussiere (44) Cameron (21) Derek (13) gadgetboy (9) Rick Dillon (7) shedali (5)- Rick Dillon said: Wow, that is awesome! Portable 21" TV anyone?
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Web Publishing: Google 404 Pages Help Your Web Visitors Find the Right Page (67)
onGoogle offers a free, embeddable widget for web site owners that can help fight back against link typos, permalink problems, and other issues that send visitors to non-existent pages. The customizable JavaScript widget suggests the URLs on your site closest to the link visitors come in on, and offer a search box pre-loaded with search terms relevant to the bad link. Anyone who's run a site for a long while knows that page URLs are ...Shared by afahy (9) alireza (91) Amy (48) Bene (3) Bernardo (11) Bill Rodenbaugh (4) Canopusoheil (8) Ching (21) Chris (34) Chris (3) Chris J Guerra (27) Compuwizard123 (37) dasmart (23) David (9) Db0 (32) diwakergupta (4) Doug Stewart (28) Drew Olanoff (148) Eric (53) Erik J. Heels (51) everyone loves a wee sombrero (131) Fansari (74) Futt (15) gadgetboy (9) Garrett (5) Grant Griffiths (12) Iceman (7) Jeremy P (2) jimmysessions (12) joshed (21) JPowers (41) ke9v (4) Levi Breederland (3) m0d (5) marcusmeisel (21) Matt Kurio (1) Meranda (8) Michael (20) nanabite (14) narkomanC (20) Nick Campbell (7) nparker13 (111) oheresy (12) okuami (48) Patrick Altman (10) philoscribe (11) Punksolid (27) Razzu (12) ricardo (20) Robert H (6) Roopesh (6) rzklkng (152) Samuel Sampi (30) sascha (8) Seth G (63) Syng Shin (126) TechTalk (12) thr33 (25) Tim (13) timlauer (3) Todd Albertson (29) Trebel (15) Troy (56) vraicovi (17) wolfhesse (6) Zexxia (David Samson) (19) Zoram (20)
- Todd Albertson said: I have had this on a couple of sites, but my don't look as good as the example. They just have the Search box...
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Who is Sarah Palin? (5)
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MoveOn.org has been researching John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, over the past 24 hours. Here's what they've found: She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.1 Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.2 She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president ...Contribute comment -
Dad's Cab Family Taxi Meter Will Make Your Children Cringe [Novelty Items] (2)
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The Dad's Cab Meter is a fake taxi fare counter for parental chauffeurs, made so they can guilt/embarrass their ingrate children into doing chores for them. The meter incrementally increases the pretend fare and comes with a stack of fare receipts that have chores the kids can do as payment (har har har). It's kinda like those redonkulous moments on The Cosby Show where the entire family would participate in a role-play with some sort ...Shared by gadgetboy (9) Keith (7)Contribute comment -
EcoSaber Shirt: The Kinder, Eco-Friendlier Lightsaber [Hippie Lightsaber] (5)
onIf there was ever a Jedi hippie, this is the lightsaber he would use. Let's face it, CFLs last a lot longer than energy blades and they are much cheaper to operate. Plus, they help protect the galaxy. Think about it. Available for $26. [Redbubble via Geekologie]Contribute comment
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Which Is Worth More? Product Search or Information Search…. (10)
onIt is almost a given today that Google is the master in the search space, making money hand over fist because of its dominance. On the flip side of the coin we have Microsoft, whose efforts with search is the constant fodder for blogs wanting to take shots at the company. Granted Microsoft’s place in the search hierarchy isn’t anything that they can be proud of, but as a cash rich company they should never ...Shared by Ann Smarty (23) Christos (10) dobata (441) gadgetboy (9) GP (46) Joe (108) marc-oliver (7) Mike F (486) Mushin (51) probefahrer.alex (14)Contribute comment
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Credit-card companies killed Mythbusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities (121)
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Check out the first two minutes of this clip of Mythbusters' Adam Savage telling the folks at the HOPE hackercon about how the Discovery Channel was bullied by big credit-card companies out of airing a program about how crappy the security in RFID tags is. Arphid Watch: Mythbusters and RFIDShared by Adam (3) Alan Cheslow (63) Alec Resnick (135) Alex Plank (3) Allen (11) Andrew (4) Andrew Ferguson (10) ArtLung (4) Avi (795) Benjamin (1187) Benno (5) BilliamJ (9) bkim (27) Cai Chen (1112) cgsheldon (159) chrishawn (3) CKL (18) Colin (23) Corey Porter (1) Crutcher D (49) David (5) David T. Cole (3) Dean Clark (180) Derek (7) digits12 (759) djspark (60) Dominik (34) Donnie Berkholz (11) dopegroove (11) dwfrank (11) Eater (20) Erica (1) Freddy (6) g b (48) gadgetboy (9) Gary M (13) GeniusBoyWonder (44) Geoff Gresh (15) Guy (791) Haltse (17) Harper (94) humanrocketjlb (3) InformationHigh (10) Ingotheranchhand (6) J. James B (43) Jack (91) Jason (3) Jason Gooljar (36) jborneman (20) Jeff (19) Jeff Daly (42) Jeff Kubina (13) Jeremy Jarratt (50) jim (4) Jim (22) Joe Breen (6) John (14) Jon Lorenzini (17) Jon Lowder (5) Jouni Seppänen (5) Kevin (32) kiOwA (5) Kris (27) Kristen (13) Lance (4) Leena (1187) Liz (2) Logical Extremes (14) looprock (15) mabisa (49) macshaggy (6) marcusmeisel (21) mario r (18) Matt (21) Matthew (7) maxyRO (535) mejaredme (262) Melkir (16) meta (9) Mich D (169) Michael (16) Michael Lockyear (1) Mike (4) Mike Todd (2) Mr. BabyMan (373) neal (594) Nick Sanders (0) Olivier (54) Pedro (13) pericles (788) Phillip (3) Rami Taibah (533) Rebekah (9) Richard (24) Ricky (19) Ritu (754) rveguilla (5) Sarah (11) Scott (22) Sebastiaan (7) Shirizaan (6) snoopdave (9) Steven (123) StevieB (73) Strange Kid (20) Stuart (16) Tanath (42) Thomas (3) Thomas (6) TO-Double-D (26) Tobey (16) Toby (195) Tom (14) Veritas Noctis (38) War-N (5) Wayne (49) webtime (513) Will (11) Yuwen Memon (1) Zac (5) Zak M. (690)Explore read nine notes- Corey Porter said: The great thing is that, rather than fix the problem, the credit card companies just try to keep it quiet. That's... great?
- Gary M said: The first 2 mins of this are great.
- Shirizaan said: Very interesting piece. Also interesting to see all the people boo Smash Lab which I've hated since it debuted.
- macshaggy said: This was great. I really love this show and Adam Savage is just the best.
- Haltse said: oh noes busted:O
- Jason said: @Daniel Thought you'd be interested in this.
- Sebastiaan said: Oh I really love mythbuster Adam Savage!
- Jeff Kubina said: holy crap!
- Rebekah said: I have a crush on Adam, doubly so after watching this clip.
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India's underground CAPTCHA-breaking economy (17)
onZDNet's Dancho Danchev has a nice little investigative piece about the underground economy in cheapo Indian data-centers that break CAPTCHAs for spammers all day long: Data processing as a mentality is visible in all the applications a human CAPTCHA solver is using. Basically, there’s no indication which service’s authentication model they’re currently abusing, CAPTCHA breaking is replaced with CAPTCHA solving making it look like it’s a some sort of a challenge that they have to ...Shared by Antoine (36) anushsh (14) bkim (27) Ching (21) Dennis Hostetler (22) gadgetboy (9) Harper (94) joco (21) Joe (74) Jouni Seppänen (5) marcusmeisel (21) Narayan (48) Niranjan Tulpule (1) Phillip Calçado "Shoes" (11) SharonG (67) Sid (19) Tamas (20)
- Niranjan Tulpule said: Here is a some free business advice for netcafe owners in India: break 100 CAPTCHA and get 1 hour of surfing/gaming free. You can get fancy by accruing your points and then redeeming them later.
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Need Your Google Apps on Your Desktop? Try GMDesk. (47)
onMicrosoft has a way of dominating one’s desktop, given its operating system that resides on a number of computers around the world. Tie that in with its desktop applications for email, creating word documents, spreadsheets and presentations, and you see where I’m going here. Google, on the other hand, contends with Microsoft on a different level, veering away from the desktop domination in most regards, arguably focusing on its own core competencies (in a given ...Shared by A. Roth (7) Alec Peden (25) Autumn Welles (6) Awab (23) Benedict Lee Zhi En (235) benhamin (14) Buzzworkers (25) cloneofsnake (13) Eliacin (44) Eoin (14) erhan (58) FDávid (20) Fred Schechter (75) gadgetboy (9) Garsen (3) graywolf (33) Håkan (25) Hans (20) Jeffrey Blais (47) Kathy Brewis (89) lakshmi (5) Larry (12) leo (15) Leo K (6) Mattias (9) Melfi (35) Melissa (24) Michael Greene (1) Mike F (486) Mikey (51) Nate (32) Navid (72) nicoladecarne (3) Niklas (13) Paul Helmick (44) Retta (11) Richard (24) Rore (5) Rupert (1) sarahintampa (98) Sharon Harper (4) Thomas (26) Toby (29) Tony S. (5) Trebel (15) Victor M.J. (14) yooper1019 (14)
- Nate said: Impressive.
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Dedicated Podcast Audience Up 300% (8)
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Podcasting continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with the total audience for podcasts increasing by 58% in under two years, according to research by the Pew Internet Project. The dedicated podcast audience - those that download podcasts every day - has gone up 300% in the same time, from 1% of those surveyed to 3%. The survey promises to provide ammo for podcasters and critics alike. While the number of dedicated podcast fans is ...Shared by Alex (36) Bob Goyetche (7) gadgetboy (9) Georg Holzer (8) Matthew Bischoff (36) Oneupweb (4) Sallie Goetsch (14) TDavid (18)Contribute comment -
How a Dog Drinks (2)
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SCIENCE BUZZ – A show called Time Warp on the Discovery Channel slows down a video of a dog drinking, and finds that dogs drink via a “reverse slurp.”I find this bizarrely fascinating. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »Shared by Audrey (2) gadgetboy (9)Contribute comment -
The Cost Of A Video Ad On YouTube (1)
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$175,000 per day, says Forbes in July, with an additional $50,000 that need to be spent on Google/ YouTube ads. (New ad formats may come up too, Silicon Alley Insider reports.)read moreShared by gadgetboy (9)Contribute comment -
Dad's Cab Family Taxi Meter Will Make Your Children Cringe [Novelty Items] (13)
onThe Dad's Cab Meter is a fake taxi fare counter for parental chauffeurs, made so they can guilt/embarrass their ingrate children into doing chores for them. The meter incrementally increases the pretend fare and comes with a stack of fare receipts that have chores the kids can do as payment (har har har). It's kinda like those redonkulous moments on The Cosby Show where the entire family would participate in a role-play with some sort ...Shared by AaronTN (36) charris1980 (50) Daniel (13) David (20) gadgetboy (9) Gareth (21) GarthDB (20) joel (9) Keith (7) Kevin Etter (8) rOckY (171) Steve Loopipe (16) Zach (57)
- GarthDB said: hahaha
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