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9 Things Parents Should Know About The Secret World of Arrietty
The latest from Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli is yet another enchanting tale for families to enjoy together.
02.17.12
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 17
Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
02.17.12
Pentagon's Project 'Avatar': Same as the Movie, but With Robots Instead of Aliens
Soldiers practically inhabiting the mechanical bodies of androids, who will take the humans' place on the battlefield. Or sophisticated tech that spots a powerful laser ray, then stops it from obliterating its target. If you've got Danger Room's taste in movies, you've probably seen both ideas on the big screen. Now Darpa, the Pentagon's far-out research arm, wants to bring 'em into the real world.
02.16.12
Lawmaker Demands DHS Cease Monitoring of Blogs, Social Media
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-California) said Thursday she wants the Department of Homeland Security to cease its social-media and news-monitoring operation.
02.16.12
Quantifying Alien Encounters: The Rio Scale
If there's any alleged evidence of aliens, the brains behind SETI -- the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- have a scale ready to assess its value. Mathematician and Social Dimensions blogger Samuel Arbesman explains.
02.16.12
Dork Tower Thursday
02.16.12
Review: Hex-A-Gon Is Great Fun
02.16.12
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 16
Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
02.16.12
Apple Says Grabbing Address Book Data Is an iOS Policy Violation
Last week, it came to light that Path, a social media app for iOS, was storing user address-book data without first requesting permission. Today, Apple announced the app's actions were against policy.
02.15.12
Video: Robotic Arm Shoots Hoops, Darts
Cornell University's "universal jamming gripper" has better aim than we do.
02.15.12
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 15
Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
02.15.12
One Way To Spend Your Winter Break
02.14.12
Dork Tower Tuesday
02.14.12
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 14
Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
02.14.12
Amazon Studios Branches Out Into Original TV for Web and Network
Unlike Netflix, Amazon isn't looking to compete with television cable channels in bidding on projects from established industry names; it's doing something more homespun, closer to YouTube or Fox, but with a professional sheen.
02.13.12
Hidden Message in Newest Spider-Man Trailer Kicks Off New ARG
A hidden message in the newest trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man kicked off a new viral campaign that hid Peter Parker's backpack in six U.S. cities: Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, and Seattle. Countdown clocks expiring on Valentine's Day imply that these cities will be seeing more from the webbed wonder soon.
02.13.12
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