Saturday, December 4, 2010 - Page 2
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Firefox Debuts Baby Firefox Webcam

Did you know the titular “firefox” of web browser “Mozilla Firefox” is not a pyromaniac fox, but a red panda? To clarify this, Mozilla has embarked on the cutest marketing ploy ever: adopting baby firefoxes and putting them on webcams.

Game Of Numbers: How The BCS Rules College Football

The BCS is the mysterious, controversial system that attempts to determine the best college football team in the country using a mashup of opinion polls and computer rankings. Here’s how it really works.

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Why Google Maps Doesn’t Make You Want To Tear Your Eyes Out

If you’ve never been able to put your finger on why Google Maps seems so much easier to read than other mapping services, here’s why.

Gaming

Prosecutors Dismiss Xbox-Modding Case Mid-Trial "Based On Fairness And Justice"

Federal authorities in the first-of-its-kind game-console–modding criminal trial abruptly dropped their prosecution here Thursday, “based on fairness and justice.” What happened?

Computing

Google Introducing Chrome OS Netbook Next Week?

Rumours of a Chrome OS netbook first cropped up last December, but it seems as though the wait might be over soon: according to Engadget, Google’s going to make the laptop official Dec. 7th. Though maybe not easy to get.

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Thanks Google, For The Free, Unusable Wi-Fi On Planes This Holiday

Did you know Virgin, Delta and AirTran has free Wi-Fi on their planes this holiday season? If you didn’t, the flight attendants will tell you when you board—which is bad for those who actually need to use the Wi-Fi.

Don’t Worry, The Balloon Bench Won’t Float Out Of Your House

Japanese design firm h220430′s whimsical Balloon Bench isn’t exactly traditional. But it looks a whole lot more fun to sit on than your average sofa—even if the balloons aren’t real. Or, have some drinks and pretend you’re floating.

Gaming

App Of The Day: Axe In Face For iPhone

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.viddler.com/player/f8bc5718/","customParams":{"flashVars":"fake=1"},"width":500,"height":301.25,"ratio":0.5625,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"viddler","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Today’s App of the Day: Axe in Face, an addictive game in which an adorable but vexed viking defends his daffodils from a horde of encroachers. By heaving his battle axe at their heads.

Computing

Hunting Child Pornographers With A 1.8 Petaflop Supercomputer

Bad news, child pornographers: you’re now being hunted by a supercomputer. Over the course of the next year, one million processing hours on Jaguar, Oak Ridge Labs’ 1.8 petaflop supercomputer, will be dedicated to ferreting out child porn’s loathsome producers.

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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Is Not A Rapist

Note to the foxy patriots who want the head of WikiLeak’s Julian Assange on a plate with his severed penis in his mouth: He’s not a rapist. The Swedish women didn’t accuse him of rape but of not using a condom.

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