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Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
7:20AM Brian Lam | In all honesty, this entire list is a “do not buy” for normal people, but I love my dogs beyond reason. So, here are some unreasonable gifts for them, your pets and your pet-loving geek friends. More »
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The Grand Digital Plan To Save Magazines
5:50AM Matt Buchanan | That “Hulu for magazines” is happening. It’s impressive in its sense of scope and desperation, with Time, Hearst and Conde Nast – bitter rivals that publish more than 50 magazines altogether – coming together to save print magazines by mummifying them digitally. More »
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Amazon’s Kindle 2 Gets 85% Battery Boost, Native PDF Reading
5:13AM Jason Chen | Amazon claims that all it took was a six-month firmware improvement test to get the Kindle 2 to run 85 per cent longer than before, which is a pretty damn impressive feat of engineering. More »
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Kill-A-Watt Gets Graphical Version With Programmable Timer
4:52AM Jason Chen | The original Kill-a-Watt was a barebones, if efficient, way of monitoring how much energy an appliance used. But what if you want more features? Like a timer or programming. Here it is. More »
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Lobster Taser: Now We’ve Tasered Everything
7:20PM Dan Nosowitz | The lobster taser, which looks to me mostly like a lobster photocopier, is supposedly a more humane way of dispatching the delicious bottom-feeders than the normal “stab in the brain” or “boil alive” methods. Also, tasers. More »
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Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)
4:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Phil Schiller Talks App Approval, Avoids Saying Much of Anything…Microsoft Reiterates Smackdown on Pirate Xbox Users…iPhone Magnification Camera Mod Came From the Recycle Bin…Another Anonymous Netbook/Sleeping Aid Hits Wireless Carrier… More »
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Elephant-Subduing Device Appears To Be Inspired By Star Wars
3:25PM Rosa Golijan | Angry elephants are a big issue. That’s why someone invented a remote-controlled device that shoots out nylon rope and binds rampaging elephants’ legs. Sounds familiar somehow. How’d those snow speeders in Star Wars subdue the ATATs again? More »
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Travel Gifts For People Who Sleep On Aeroplanes More Than In Beds
11:10AM John Herrman | There’s a certain type of person for whom airports and aeroplanes cease to be novel, and start to feel like home. This is depressing on many levels! Which is why these people need gifts. Lots and lots of gifts. More »
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Kitchen Gifts For Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron
4:00AM Wilson Rothman | Geeks love cooking and there’s no mystery why: it’s science you can eat! We spent a week salivating over food gadgets, gathering tips and wisdom along the way. From that experience comes our list of best (and worst) gift ideas: More »
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