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May 16th, 2012

A Good Time To Buffer, Netflix

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A Good Time To Buffer, Netflix

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Couple Dead For Lack of a Signal

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Elderly couple perishes when they cant summon help with their cellular phone.

That was the tragic situation that befell Arthur and Madeleine Morris, an elderly New York City couple whose vehicle fell down an embankment near the end of the driveway of their vacation home in New Yorks Catskills region. After it became clear that the car was stuck, they made five unsuccessful attempts to call for help. Calls to 911, Madeleines son, and a n

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http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/telecom/wireless/for-lack-of-a-signal

Is That Onions You Smell? Or Battery Juice?

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No more crying over electric bills, now that an onion-processing company has a battery to store electricity at off-peak periods.

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http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/is-that-onions-you-smell-or-battery-juice/

The Kickstarter Game: Rounding up the best in crowdsourced game development

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We take a look at some of the coolest crowdsourced video game funding efforts on Kickstarter right now.

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http://technologyshowdown.blogspot.com/2012/05/kickstarter-game-rounding-up-best-in.html

6 Reasons To Get A Windows Phone (And 5 Reasons Not To)

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In our series exploring the smartphone options out there, we"ve already looked at the iPhone and the Android operating system, and the pros and cons of each.

We"ve decided to skip over BlackBerry, as Research In Motion reels and prepares to release its redesigned operating system some time this fall.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/iphone-android-windows-phone_n_1504661.html

$15 Windows 8 Pro Upgrades For New PC Buyers

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Microsoft has announced that it will be offering buyers on new PC systems loaded with Windows 7 the chance to upgrade to their new Windows 8 operating system that is currently under development, and set to be released later this year for just $14.99.

So if you are considering purchasing a new PC system with ...

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Wil Wheaton Defends BitTorrent, Warns for Anti-Piracy Lobby | TorrentFreak

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Actor Wil Wheaton, known for his roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lost and The Big Bang Theory made a few interesting comments on his blog.

He says that piracy isnt as evil as Hollywood claims.believes that Internet providers shouldnt mess with peoples BitTorrent traffic. I believe in network neutrality, I dont believe that [...]

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http://torrentfreak.com/wil-wheaton-defends-bittorrent-warns-for-anti-piracy-lobby-120515/

May 15th, 2012

Sketches From The Making Of Rise Up, A Short Animation From China

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The CG story of two robotic workers going up against their evil robot supervisor.

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http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/sketches-from-the-making-of-irise-upi-a-short-animation-from-china

xkcd: Kickstarter

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xkcd: Kickstarter

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http://xkcd.com/1055/

Watch The Raid as performed by brutal claymation kitties

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Lee Hardcastle presents a three-minute-long homage to Gareth Evans" The Raid starring intensely violent clay cats.

Via: http://www.digitaltrends.com

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