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Computers
Microsoft’s Bag-Based Computer Interface, For Poking
1:53AM John Herrman | Bag-based? Sack-based? Balloon-based? Balloon-boy-based? There’s no shortage of ways to describe Microsoft Research’s new tactile interface concept, which lets people interact with prods, pokes, massages and squeezes instead of clicks or taps. More »
Business
Behold! The Saddest Example Of Promotional Convergence Ever!
1:40PM Adam Frucci | We got this from a PR person in our emails today. The text reads as follows… More »
Software
Google Street View Driver Doomed To Map Hell For All Of Eternity
2:20AM John Herrman | After careening into a wall outside of Rankin, PA, one Street View photographer has been trapped and condemned to send dispatches from a horrifying hellscape, forever. This is the highly empirical theory that the internet, and I, am sticking with. More »
Random Stuff
Everybody Fails The 100% Quiz
5:40AM Adam Frucci | I don’t claim to understand what the “100% Quiz” means on this Japanese mug, but I do understand one thing: finding poop in the bottom of your cup is hilarious. More »
Online
Pirate Bay Bought Out, Suddenly Respects Copyrights
7:40PM John Herrman | The Pirate Bay has been (effectively) acquired by a gaming company called Global Gaming Factory X, who is plunking down nearly $US8 million for the privilege. Their grand, surprising plan for the Pirate Bay is to pay content providers. Seriously. More »
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