Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Your Android Phone Is Secretly Recording Everything You Do (Updated) [Video]

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If you have any decently modern Android phone, everything you do is being recorded by hidden software lurking inside. It even circumvents web encryption and grabs everything—including your passwords and Google queries. More »


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NASA Wants a Washing Machine for the ISS [Space]

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I was joking when I said this looked like a washing machine being installed on the International Space Station. Now NASA is serious about it. You know, because astronauts stink. More »


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Is Facebook Finally Ready to IPO?

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It's taken a long time, but Facebook may finally be ready to go public.

Sources are telling The Wall Street Journal that the fast-growing social networking website is planning to go public during the second quarter of next year.

Don't get too excited. Facebook would no longer be considered a ground-floor opportunity at this point. The company is reportedly looking to raise $10 billion in an IPO that would value Facebook at a cool $100 billion. It's a price tag that would make Facebook the...

Is Facebook Finally Ready to IPO? originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2011-11-29T14:30:00Z.

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3 Tips For Starting A Budget Coin Collection For Under $20

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We’re all minding our budgets more closely these days, but we still need to have fun, too. However, if you think coin collecting is a luxurious hobby that you need oodles of money to take part in, then you must not be aware of the many budget-friendly options available for collecting coins on the cheap. [...]

3 Tips For Starting A Budget Coin Collection For Under $20


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Hennessey Introduces 1200-HP, Topless 2013 Venom GT Spyder

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There may be no way for Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) to make its 1200-hp, twin-turbo V-8–powered HPE Venom GT supercar any crazier, but it can make it windier. And so the Sealy, Texas–based company has introduced a new, targa-roofed version of the mid-engine monster called the Venom GT Spyder.

This should hardly come as a shock, since the closed-roof GT utilizes the passenger cell and several key components of the Lotus Exige, which is itself based on the open-top Lotus Elise. But, you’re thinking, the little Lotuses have been discontinued! Well, considering the extremely limited production run, scrounging up a few new-old-stock Lotuses shouldn’t be much of a problem. (Only five 2013 Venom GTs will be built in either regular or Spyder configuration; HPE says two are currently spoken for.)

As for cost, Hennessey plans to collect $1.1 million for each Spyder—a $150K premium over the fixed-roof GT. As exciting as the topless car is likely to be, that’s a hefty hike for wind-tickled follicles. Deliveries are promised to commence next summer.

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Defect In Brain Cell Channel Identified That May Cause Autism-Like Syndrome

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Neuroscientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have homed in on potential differences in autistic people's brain cells by studying brainlike spheres grown in an elaborate process from skin cells...
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MAKS: Drug-free prevention of dementia decline

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There are many different causes of dementia and, although its progression can be fast or slow, it is always degenerative. Symptoms of dementia include confusion, loss of memory, and problems with speech and understanding. It can be upsetting for the affected person, their relatives and carers. New research shows that a regime of behavioral and mental exercises was able to halt the progression of dementia.
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Texas drought visible in new national groundwater maps

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The record-breaking drought in Texas that has fueled wildfires, decimated crops and forced cattle sales has also reduced levels of groundwater in much of the state to the lowest levels seen in more than 60 years, according to new national maps.
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Google exec: Online piracy bills in Congress wrong

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"There are a whole bunch of issues involved with breaking the Internet and the way it works," said Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt about proposed legislation meant to combat online piracy.Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Wednesday that it would be a mistake for Congress to approve Hollywood-backed legislation meant to combat online piracy because it would be ineffective and could fundamentally alter the way the Internet works.


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Geeky gifts for gamers

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From soaps made in the shape of video game controllers to a miniature arcade cabinet for your iPad, here's a look at some fun, funky and even downright goofy gift ideas for the gamer geek in your life.From soaps made in the shape of video game controllers to a miniature arcade cabinet for your iPad, here's a look at some fun, funky and even downright goofy gift ideas for the gamer geek in your life.


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"Destiny is for people who are too lazy to create alternate timelines."
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Facebook Finally Fixed Its Terrible Privacy Policy [Facebook]

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Facebook's privacy record has been shaky at best. But that's about to change, thanks to today's settlement with the FTC. From now on, all privacy changes have to be opt-in for users, instead of Facebook changing it for you. About time. More »


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Goodbye Phonies: This App Will Automatically Detect Photoshopped Images [Photoshop]

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Scientists have created a new software program that will automatically detect any image that has been modified in Photoshop. The software is now tuned to faces, but it will be able to flag any type of image, they say. More »


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