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The Algorithm That Helps You Friend People You Don’t Know
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on March 9, 2013
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You have a friend request from the Ayatollah
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on December 18, 2012
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With Surface, Microsoft becomes friend and foe to PC partners
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on October 17, 2012
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Former Zuckerberg friend drops dirt on Facebook founder
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on September 20, 2012
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Facebook and others invest in 6,214-mile Asia-Pacific undersea internet cable, friend request lag to plummet
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on July 6, 2012
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It’s almost become a truism that internet connections from the Asia-Pacific region to the rest of the world can be slow and lag-ridden, but that assumption is about to be knocked flat if Facebook and others in a Time Dotcom-led consortium have their way. The alliance is investing a combined $ 450 million into the Asia Pacific Gateway, a 6,214-mile undersea cable that will run between Japan, Malaysia and South Korea. The fiber optic pipe will not only help reduce the need to route large volumes of traffic through Singapore but, in many cases, send much of that traffic straight to American shores — a big help when Facebook and much of the web industry still hosts most of its content on the Eastern side of the ocean. Although faster speeds won’t be in place until the summer of 2014, by which point the more direct connections might be absolutely necessary, it still gives hope to those of us who want to poke friends and upload photos in record time.
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Nano vacuum tubes could give a second life to the guitarist’s best friend
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on May 27, 2012
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Pretty much the only place you see vacuum tubes any more is inside a quality audio amp. But, once upon a time, they were the primary ingredient in any piece of electronic equipment, including computers. The glass tubes have since been replaced with the smaller, less fragile and cheaper to manufacture silicon transistor. There are, however, disadvantages, to transistors. For one, electrons tend to move more slowly though the semiconductors, and two, they’re highly susceptible to radiation. The second of those problems doesn’t affect us much here on Earth, but for NASA it poses a major obstacle. Engineers have finally managed to combine the advantages of both vacuum tubes and silicon transistors, though, in what has been dubbed “nano vacuum tubes.” They’re created by etching tiny cavities in phosphorous-doped silicon, bordered on three sides by electrodes that form the gate, source and drain. The term “vacuum tube” is slightly misleading however, since there is no true vacuum in play. Instead, the source and drain are separated by just 150 nanometers, making it highly unlikely that flowing electrons would run into stray atoms. In addition to their space-worthy hardiness, they can also potentially operate at frequencies ten-times as higher than silicon transistors, making them a candidate to push terahertz tech from experimental to mainstream. For more, check out the source link.
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Facebook ‘friend’ offer exposes man’s other wife
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on March 9, 2012
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The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend
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on February 21, 2012
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Microsoft and Apple should hate one another right now. I mean, really hate each other. After decades of domination, Microsoft has watched their rival move from death’s door to become the most valuable company in the world — over $ 200 billion more valuable than Microsoft itself. And it was Microsoft who helped get Apple there, remember, with a timely cash infusion in 1997.
Steve Ballmer laughed off the iPhone, which eventually helped kill off Windows Mobile — and it’s now bigger than all of Microsoft’s businesses combined. And the company shrugged off the iPad, even as it established a category, tablets, which Microsoft itself had been trying to establish for years.
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Dog: man’s best friend for over 33,000 years
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on January 24, 2012
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Sony SmartWatch is an Android phone’s best friend
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on January 15, 2012
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Are you tired of rockin’ a G-Shock? Sony plans to drop a stylish watch this year that you may want to look into if you own an Android phone.
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Facebook friend request from son is a condom ad
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on December 5, 2011
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A condom company creates fake profiles for the as yet non-existent children of Facebook users and then sends the users a friend request.
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If Facebook Made a Phone, Would You Friend It?
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on December 1, 2011
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Crapgadget: BFF Gemz dilute the notion of a best friend (video)
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on November 25, 2011
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If you want a charm that hangs ’round your neck and glows whenever your friend Missy tells you she loves Justin Bieber, then eMotion Inc has the gadget for you. The BFF Gemz sends pre-written coded messages to pals up to 450 feet away, which they can access the next time they’re at a computer. You can add up to eight best friends (the BFF currency devalued to Weimar proportions) and four more if you buy some GPA: Girl Power Average points. It’s not entirely private: Mom and Pop will get a weekly email, listing who you’re messaging, so if you swap notes with that gal from the wrong end of town you’d better stick to paper airplanes. Those curious to see what the kids might be clamoring for instead of a new cellphone, check out the video after the break.
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2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Laptops Are A Geek’s Best Friend
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on November 25, 2011
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When it comes to gift-giving, there are a few presents that siimply go above and beyond. Getting a first car on your sixteenth birthday (if you’re so lucky) is one of those moments, and some young couples are even lucky enough to get a house as a wedding present. But after a house and a car, a brand new laptop is probably the best gift you can get. We’ve compiled a list of notebooks ranging in price from $ 839 to starting points of $ 1,999, so there should be something here for everyone.
Without any further ado, here are some of our reccomendations if you’re looking to get your loved one a new notebook.
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Google closes Knol, Friend Connect and other services
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on November 23, 2011
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Google continues to shut down underperforming services, announcing Tuesday that Friend Connect, Knol and a few other services will soon go the way of Google Health and Google Buzz.
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Blog – Google TV Loses One Friend, Makes Another
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on November 18, 2011
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While Logitech’s CEO says Google TV “cost us dearly,” LG plans to jump on board with the search giant’s Internet-connected TV service.
Google TV’s next iteration—a software update making it more navigable, pretty, and generally user-friendly—has rolled out, and is getting rave reviews. “For current Google TV users, the update is nothing but good news,” says MediaBeat’s Devindra Hardawar, who’s been test-driving it for weeks. Hardawar cautions, though, that it probably doesn’t make sense to buy a Google TV device right away; the latest update was only a software update, and new hardware is expected on the horizon.
Google News: Friend or Foe for Local News Services?
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on October 21, 2011
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Research suggests news aggregators like Google drive more traffic to local sites—but not their home pages.
Google has long been a favorite scapegoat of the troubled news industry. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch famously accused the search titan of stealing from media outlets by drawing users to its aggregation service, Google News, and away from those sites’ home pages. New sites often dismiss Google’s claims that it helps them by driving traffic to their articles.
Iced out 24-carat gold MacBook Pro proves diamonds are an Apple’s best friend
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on October 10, 2011
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Computer Choppers’ latest luxury overhaul is about as Cribs-worthy a laptop as we’ve ever laid our hard-working eyes on. Just like this 24-carat stunner before it, the shiny setup gives something a little extra to that Apple logo, by way of Marilyn’s favorite gems, but sets itself apart with the addition of a rather unexciting paisley pattern. If you’re the type who flushes hundos, though, you can ditch the paisleys for your very own custom design. As is often the case with these things, the price isn’t listed, but frankly, we’d hold out until they replace those black plastic chiclets with something fit for the Diamond Princess.
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Facebook Reveals Who Doesn’t Want to Be Your Friend Anymore
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on September 23, 2011
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My friend had an assignment for his film class- “In 15 photographs, describe something you have experienced”. This is what he submitted.
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on September 17, 2011
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I introduced my friend to Business Cat and she thought it was adorable and wanted to make her own. I don’t think she understands the meme.
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on September 16, 2011
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A friend of mine, who is also a redditor, does amazing oil canvas paintings. Did I mention he’s 17?
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on September 7, 2011
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My friend Steven Woods is scheduled for execution by lethal injection in 7 days. What would you tell him?
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on September 6, 2011
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For a first post on Reddit, this one sure isn’t going to be the peppiest.
Back in Texas, in 2002, my friend Steven from Michigan was convincted of the murder of a couple, along with another guy who wound up getting life with parole because he confessed to the crime. Steven, on the other hand, proclaimed his innocence from the start. Being a travelling punk out on the street, he didn’t have the funds to get a decent lawyer, and he was sentenced to death. 3 months later, Marcus Rhodes admitted in a court room that he alone had shot and killed both victims.
This is a very long and complicated story. I urge everyone to take the time to read it. But because the Internet is filled with the most amazing things in the world, I’m going to link to the website that was created for him (I’m not the only nutcase to believe the guy!)
The state of Texas has not agreed to a retrial, though in the years he spent in isolation, he has gathered up enough evidence to be taken seriously. There has been an average of 5 exonerations a year in the last decade. These are people that would have been put to death if they had stopped fighting and accepted their unjust fate.
I have been staring at a blank page for days now. I don’t know what to tell him. He is a brilliant man who only got to live until he was 21. I’ve been getting very emotional about this. I have typed this story many times without being able to post it here because I would get overwhelmed and terrified.
They’re going to kill my friend. What do I tell him?
EDIT: I’m a She, not a He.
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“I think the death penalty is a crime no matter what the circumstances, and it is particularly awful in the Steven Woods case. I strongly oppose the execution of Steven Woods on September 13 2011.” -Noam Chomsky (8/26/11)
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