National Treasures: Google Art Project unlocks riches of world's galleries

Google is bringing its "street view" technology indoors. With the announcement Tuesday in London of the Google Art Project, the Internet giant jumps into the online art arena with tools that will allow Web surfers to move through 17 of the most prominent art galleries in the world, with the optio...

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Libyan Rebels Hit with Scud Missile for First Time Ever [War]

So you're Qaddafi, a bloody-handed dictator, and the rebels are advancing steadily toward your capital. What do you do? Bring out the Cold War weaponry! The AP says scud missiles are now officially in counterrevolutionary battle. More »


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Start Dancing the Charleston with the Victoria Nostalgic Internet Radio

Grace Digital has just announced their Victoria Nostalgic Internet Radio. This 1940′s style radio might look old, but it offers the latest internet services, including Pandora, SiriusXM, Rhapsody, DAR.fm and more. It has a 3/4″ thick cabinet with a walnut exterior and birch inlay highlights to give it that classic look. A built in Class [...]

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Growing Up Geek: Christopher Trout

Who wants cake? This guy does. Or so says 29 years of photographic evidence. Baked goods loom large in my pictorial history, as does the use and abuse of Dep Gel and even, dare I say it, an affinity for socks and sandals. As much as technology's played a part in my existence, however, my photo album is all but devoid of references to my geekier undertakings. Believe me, there were nights spent playing D&D -- although my relationship with RPGs was short lived -- and days lost in the wormholes of the web, but, truth be told, I've never really considered myself a geek.

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Amazon promises to improve redundancy after Dublin outage

AWS (Amazon Web Services) learned a lot of lessons from the outage that affected its Dublin data center and will now work to improve power redundancy, load balancing and the way it communicates when something goes wrong with its cloud, the company said in a summary of the incident.

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Mike Wallace manages top-20 at Watkins Glen despite spin and pit road penalty

NNS Mike Wallace Climbing into the No. 01 JD Motorsports Chevy - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty ImagesWATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (August 13, 2011) ? Mike Wallace and the un-sponsored No. 01 Chevrolet of JD Motorsports started the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Waktins Glen International filled with optimism from their last road course visit. When the...more»

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China hot on Google's heels with driverless car

Researchers at China's National University of Defense Technology recently debuted an autonomous vehicle of their own that could give the search giant a run for its money.

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