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Report: iTunes targeted in mystery hack
By Rob Beschizza on Sep 08, 2011 01:39 am At MacWorld, Lex Friedman looks at recent reports of hacked iTunes accounts, where hundreds of users say gift card credit was wiped out by purchases made without their permission. Apple is issuing refunds, but is otherwise mostly silent on the …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 08, 2011 12:45 am [Video Link] The gist of what Sam Wang says here is that the best way to teach young kids self-restraint is through elaborate play that requires a lot of steps, like having a tea party. According to Princeton neuroscientist (and …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 08, 2011 12:20 am Photo: James Nachtwey for TIME. Today, TIME magazine released its issue commemorating 10 years since 9/11, with a wide array of interviews and photos (including images never before published). There are two cover images. The front cover is designed by …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 07, 2011 11:58 pm The Postmortal, by Drew Magary, is the first-hand account of what happens when a cure for aging is discovered. The story is told to us by 29-year-old John Farrell, an estate lawyer who, in the year 2019, visits a doctor …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 07, 2011 09:18 pm [Video Link] Director and über-remixer Joe Sabia says, Norman Lear Center at USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism teamed up with ACLU and Princeton research associates international to conduct the "Prime Time Terror" study. 24 episodes of your favorite …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 07, 2011 09:11 pm And Business Insider explains it this way: " Arrington is publicly threatening to quit TechCrunch... This is equivalent to an employee who has been fired demanding that, if the division he just got fired from is not immediately stripped from …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 07, 2011 08:20 pm Via Physorg.com: "John Fleming of SilverEagles Energy and Tim Maxwell from Texas Tech University, say they have developed a way to make ammonia that is cheap enough so that it could be used as fuel for cars. If their claims …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 07, 2011 08:15 pm Unsurprising news: "Delayed-notice search warrants issued under the expanded powers of the Patriot Act, 2006–2009." (Via NYMag)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 07, 2011 07:59 pm Mitch O'Connell presents a small gallery of plastic-wrapped pipsqueaks.
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 07, 2011 06:46 pm [Video Link] Collin Cunningham of MAKE shows how to put together a kit that sends sound signals over fiber optic cable, and explains why that's cool. Circuit Skills: Fiber Optics
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 07, 2011 04:18 pm This is the kind of competitive sport I can get behind. (Via Subtropic Bob)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 07, 2011 04:08 pm Quest Diagnostics, which has analyzed over 4.5 million urine specimens "collected from the general U.S. workforce," issued a report listing the top US states with tweaked employees. State:---------------% greater than U.S. avg. • Hawaii...............410% • Arkansas...........280% • Oklahoma..........240% • Nevada..............180% …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 07, 2011 03:56 pm Continuing in an investigative series on ties between the The New York Police Department and the CIA, and coordinated activities involving Muslim populations in NYC, the Associated Press reports that NYPD collected lists of mosques, restaurants, and other Muslim-owned businesses …
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By Rob Beschizza on Sep 07, 2011 02:32 pm Motorola's long-awaited Android flagship, the Droid Bionic, is out tomorrow. At Gizmodo, Brent Rose says it's similar to other recent 4G models such as Samsung's Galaxy S II, with fast-performing hardware in a thinner body. Unfortunately, it has a "super …
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By Rob Beschizza on Sep 07, 2011 02:00 pm Mannequin parts, seen at the beach in Tripoli, Libya, on September 6, 2011. Photo: Anis Mili/Reuters.
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