All the research in the world can’t beat millions of years of evolution. Today’s roboticists are increasingly looking to nature for inspiration, creating robots that move and behave with uncanny similarity to living animals. …
Black Friday Tablet Deals: Wait in Line or Stay in Bed?
Office Depot: Lenovo IdeaPad K1 for $299.99
Lenovo’s K1 is chunkier than some other high-end 10-inch tablets, and I’m not a fan of its custom interface that slaps huge buttons in the middle of the screen, but it does have a …
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SlingPlayer for Boxee: A TV App for ‘Cord Shavers’
I’ve been thinking about getting rid of cable-TV service since at least early 2009. The idea gives me great pleasure. The reality is another thing. For all the Internet video I watch, there’s still some stuff–especially live …
Anonymous Releases 38,000 Private Emails of DOJ Investigator
Government officials looking into recent activity from LulzSec and Anonymous, be very afraid–the latter hacktivist group has posted the personal address and phone number of a U.S. Department of Justice investigator online along …
Remove Jimmy Wales’ Face from Wikipedia in Three Easy Steps
Wikipedia’s looking for donations again, which means co-founder Jimmy Wales’ “personal appeal”–and face–is back at the top of every Wikipedia page. The Jimmy Wales Mugshot Method (that’s what I’m calling it, at least) was …
Netflix Sells Shares to Raise $400M, Admits 2012 Will Be Financial Bust
And the crazy rollercoaster ride that is Netflix’s fortunes continues: The company announced yesterday that it has agreed to sell around $200 million in shares plus an additional $200 million in convertible bonds via private …
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“HP and Apple will fight for top position in Q4, but Apple may have to wait for the release of iPad 3 before it passes HP.”
The Day the Music Died: Why Labels Are Abandoning Streaming Music Services
What happens to streaming music services when they have no music left to stream? That seemingly zen question may be answered if more record labels follow the lead of the more than 200 labels that have withdrawn their catalogs …
Facebook Phone Dubbed ‘Buffy’ the iPhone Slayer
Word is, Facebook’s finally getting into the smartphone business, something everyone’s assumed would happen at some point, but no one’s made unambiguous claims about until now.
The phone, according to All Things D, will be …
TechFast: New Xbox Dashboard, Facebook Revises Kevin Bacon Rule, Facebook Phone
Welcome, Tuesday, just two days from Turkey day, and here’s what’s happening this morning in the great wild world of tech…
New Xbox Dashboard Coming December 6
Want to play with Microsoft’s new Metro-style inspired-by-Windows-8 interface? You’ll be able to on December 6, if you own an Xbox 360.
Read more: Team Xbox
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The 25 Most Popular (and Worst) Passwords of 2011
Here’s a pro tip: If your password is “password,” it’s probably time to change it.
SplashData, a company that offers a “complete password management and security solution,” culled from data stolen and posted online by …