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The Library of the Future Is Here, But Missing One Crucial Element
Getting books from the library is about to get a whole lot e-sier.
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7 Ways Christmas Has Gone High-Tech
Christmas is a time for traditions, but it seems like every year the Christmas traditions become far less traditional and way more modern. A warm fire crackles on your HDTV. That fresh-cut Christmas tree is just an illusion created by
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Netflix Instant to Add Subtitles to All Video by 2014
Can we just talk about Netflix for a second, and how friggin' convenient it is? Currently, previous seasons of 'The Walking Dead,' 'Breaking Bad,' 'Mad Men' and 'LOST' are all available for free on Instant, along with some awesome movies like 'Iron Man 2' and 'Thor.' But now Netflix is broadening its online audience by offerring subtitles to all of its available video content.
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Best Twitter Reactions to the New iPhone 5
So Apple is releasing a new iPhone (again). It's thinner, lighter, bigger and faster. It comes with headphones that might actually fit your ears. It fits in your hand. It also possesses the ability to explode the Twitterverse. Here's what people are saying.
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Study Shows Siri May Not Be As Smart As It Thinks It Is
Apple’s Siri app turned a lot of heads and ears when the iPhone 4S first hit the shelves. The voice controlled app looked and sounded like something from an Arthur C. Clarke novel.
However, it may not bring us any closer to having a real HAL 9000 computer (and considering what happened in ’2001: A Space Odyssey,’ maybe we should be thankful for that).
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Take a Break! Study Reveals People Spend Too Much Time Working on Their Cell Phones
We already know the majority of us with jobs work more than the standard 40 hours per week. And one of the causes of those long hours could be in your hand right now: your cell phone.
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It’s True — We Really Are More Stressed Out Now Than We Were 25 Years Ago
In the first-ever historical comparison of stress levels across the US, researchers have now determined what many of us have suspected: adults are a lot more stressed out now than they were just 25 years ago.
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How Bad Are Your Smartphones and iPads Making Your Handwriting?
Many of us do a lot of typing on computers and smartphones, but when’s the last time you actually used your own handwriting to communicate? According to a new survey, it’s probably been a long time — and our scrawls are suffering because of it.
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It’s a Generation Y Takeover! Younger Employees Are Changing the Work Place
The standard 9-5 workday has been customary for decades, but it looks like all that could soon change thanks to the demands of a whole new generation of younger workers. And that’s not all they want.
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Watch What Happens When Two Chatbots Chat With Each Other [VIDEO]
The folks at Cornell Creative Machines Lab wanted to see what happened if two chatbots, which had been programmed to carry on coherent conversations with people, were instead introduced to each other.
The results are pretty funny and more awkward than any human-on-human first date we can imagine. Check out the banter, which quickly takes an odd philosophical turn, below.
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Why Technology Sucks
Just a small rant today about technology. What’s the point in buying the latest and greatest if they’re just going to develop an even greater product in a few months?
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First The Mail And Now Menus
January 17, 2011 Everyday technology is advancing all around us. Developers are creating products to make the consumer’s life easier and more organized. Email was the start of a revolution, by allowing everyday people to send messages instantly to anyone around the world, without having to pay for postage. Now with the iPad, they are even replacing the normal paper menus in restaurants with the iPad.