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In order to celebrate Valentine's Day, a survey asks Americans what they would give up in order to telecommute. Five percent say "spouse," while 12 percent say "daily shower."
How much innovation will Apple offer for the next iteration of its iPad? How much does the company need to offer in order to make a new iPad exciting, given the paucity of current competition?
There is much outpouring from stars on Twitter at the death of Whitney Houston. Moreover, Houston-related themes dominate the site's top 10 trends. At least in the U.S.
Tor's "obfsproxy" technology would make encrypted data look innocuous and let it dodge government censors. That could help citizens in Iran reach blocked sites as antigovernment protests reportedly loom.
MIT creates a simulation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spacewar. A relic of the early days of minicomputers, it was one of the first computer video games and set the stage for many others, including Asteroids.
A man's dream toy, a weapon-wielding remote-controlled toy spider, nets nearly half a million hits on YouTube in one day. Will it live up to the hype once it's released?
The military establishment's ever-increasing reliance on technology and whiz-bang gadgetry impacts us as consumers, investors, taxpayers and, ultimately, as the "defended." Our mission here is to bring some of these products and concepts to your attention based on carefully selected criteria, such as importance to national security, originality, collateral damage to the treasury, and adaptability to yard maintenance--but not necessarily in that order.
