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Star Trek Tricorder Anyone?

I think it’s safe to say that the future has arrived. Our flying cars should be arriving sometime next year. And it’s no coincidence that the trailer for the new Star Trek movie was released at the same time.
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Remember To Google That Domain Name

Let this be a lesson to you all to not do what I did. If you think you have a great idea that couldn’t possibly have been taken already, just double check google once more before committing to the idea.

Last night while we were eating we were discussing keeping a food diary to help [...]


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Radiohead - Making of House of Cards Video

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You can see the actual video itself here on a code repository on Google. You can download the actual data set and make your own “remix” of the video - if you’re geeky enough to understand it all.


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Google Talk Adds Language Translation Bots

If you use gmail, chances are you might have enabled their Google Talk instant messaging service but never really looked at it. I don’t know a lot of people that actually use Google Talk, even though I know a lot of people who use gmail. Google just added the ability to have a [...]


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