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Tech-induced adaptations

abennett — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:02:20 +0000

The Internet is changing our brains. Are physical modifications next?

Russian President drives into crowd

abennett — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:48:00 +0000

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was so eager to glad-hand the people of Kazan, a city 720 km (450 miles) east of Moscow, that he stepped out of the vehicle he was driving and watched as it continued on into the crowd.

Texter tossed from Texas theater unwittingly stars in PSA

abennett — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:15:37 +0000

Don't think she didn't have it coming. She was warned. Twice.

Palin's e-mailings

abennett — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:18:30 +0000

Got plans for the weekend? Ditch 'em. Instead, why not spend it scouring the thousands of emails Sarah Palin sent during her tenure as Alaska's governor. Sarah's pretty sure you're not going to find anything private.

The typo that exposed Weiner

abennett — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:34:12 +0000

Don't feel bad, DM fail happens to everyone.

What does your social networking profile pic reveal about you?

abennett — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:33:44 +0000

Curious about why people choose the pics they do, she decided to survey Facebook users (via a specially created Facebook group, natch).

Trekkies can now display their fandom pride even after death

abennett — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:48:27 +0000

Are you worried that your final resting place won't adequately indicate your love of Star Trek? Fear not.

Facebook "likes" decides whether plant lives or dies

abennett — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:26:47 +0000

"Meet Eater" is a plant with a Facebook account, and when people "like" it, it gets watered. But there can be such a thing as too much love (or like).

Israel buys @israel Twitter handle from porn merchant

abennett — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:21:02 +0000

"My account was basically unused because I was getting dozens of replies every day from people who thought the account belonged to the state of Israel," Melendez told the New York Times.

There's an app for that?: AR Drone

abennett — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:51:12 +0000

There are any number of flight simulator games for iOS, but only AR Drone actually allows you to control a tiny unmanned quadricopter.

MySpace gives up, allows links to Facebook

abennett — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:00:36 +0000

How the mighty have fallen: after being redesigned to look more like Facebook, the site now just allows you to sync your posts to that more popular site.

German Segway enthusiast vindicated in court

abennett — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:17:06 +0000

A German network admin with 19 years of service to his company plugged his Segway into an outlet at his office to recharge it for an hour and half, only to be fired for "stealing" electricity.

Supposed 'tricorder' is a bitter disappointment

abennett — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:02:32 +0000

Those of us who hate and fear needles have long hoped for a Star Trek-style medical tricorder that can simply scan the body from a few feet away to look for illnesses or injuries.

List of dumb things not to do on Facebook grows

abennett — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:59:09 +0000

Apparently it is necessary to explicitly list every act that you shouldn't do on Facebook, so here's another one.

There's an app for that?: Abacus

abennett — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:37:49 +0000

Sure, your iPhone already comes with a perfectly good calculator, but why not do your calculating with a good old-fashioned abacus instead?