Google bypassed the birthdays of Edgar Allen Poe and Janis Joplin Wednesday in order to honor the French painter. That’s saying something.
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Steve Jobs Announces Medical Leave: How it Might Affect Apple
When the highly-visible CEO of one of the most iconic companies in the world takes a step back, it’s bound to raise the question, Now what?
Google Attempts Poetry Translation: Can One Desire Too Much of a Good Thing?
If you were one of those people who hated poetry in high school, don’t feel too bad. Even computers struggle with it.
Goodbye, AT&T: Switching Your iPhone to Verizon’s Network
With the iPhone’s carrier exclusivity coming to an end, some people are jumping to Verizon from AT&T’s overloaded networks. While it may not seem easy, there are a few methods for making the leap.
See Your Universe: Behold the High-Def, Trillion-Pixel Image of the Cosmos
It turns out the Milky Way looks a lot like a Jackson Pollack painting. And each of us aren’t even the tiniest paint drip.
Shiver Me, er, Lasers? The Anti-Pirate Laser Weapon
How have the Brits decided to defend their sea-faring fleet in the Gulf of Arden and the Arabian Sea from Somali pirates? With a laser show of course.
How Google Solved Sudoku
Can’t Google allow us to do anything for ourselves?
Assange Returns to Court Over Sweden Extradition
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared briefly in a London court Tuesday for a procedural hearing over his extradition to Sweden on sexual allegations. (Via BBC)
Inception Grips China: Hollywood is Bigger Than Ever at the Asian Box Office
China and the U.S. may not see eye to eye — or rather yuan to dollar — on trivial matters such as currency but when it comes to movies, the two nations are best friends forever.
Why ‘Hey’ Trumps ‘Dear’ in the Internet Age
When was the last time you began a message with “Dear”? Probably in a cover letter to a potential employer you’d never met before, or perhaps even to your great-grandma thanking her for that fruitcake decaying in the re-gift pile.
Coming to a $100 Bill: 3D Technology
Ooh, look at you with your $100 bill. Let’s take a closer look: Benjamin Franklin? Check. Official stamp of the Federal Reserve System? You better believe it. 3D Security Ribbon? What the wha?
Why Have Spam Levels Suddenly Fallen?
NewsFeed was about to offer you High Qua1ityMedications, a discount on Viagra and the opportunity to fund a small African country. But then we noticed that spam levels had fallen, so we thought better of it.