Timelines.com Claims Facebook Is Stealing Their Timelines' Mojo [Facebook]

Timelines.com (note the "s") has filed suit against Facebook over their new Timeline feature. Because no one has ever thought of putting significant dates along a line before. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/QBP7hxRAGFQ/timelinescom-claims-facebook-is-stealing-their-timelines-mojo

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With Kinect, Robots Are One Step Closer to Copying Everything About You [Video]

Asimo, the Honda humanoid, one of the world's most loved robots, was showing off its dance moves this week at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in San Francisco. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Vbxeh8e8CUY/with-kinect-robots-are-one-step-closer-to-copying-everything-about-you

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CrunchGear Week In Review: Indoor Games Edition

Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear: Strange Video: Happinet Lets You Play Table Tennis Against Invisible Opponents Sweet DIY Book Light The Infinite Loop Tablet Holder: Actually A Cool Idea Day 1: My Week In The Nissan Leaf Weekend Giveaway: A Kobo eReader Touch (And Some Gift Cards)

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/27/week-in-review-indoor-games/

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Never Mind the Bollocks, London Gets the Google Chrome Zone Store [Google]

Google is hoping that it can talk the British into buying Chromebooks on the High Street. I hope they remembered to replace the $ key with a � key. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/6o8G4XlMGzA/never-mind-the-bollocks-london-gets-the-google-chrome-zone-store

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Bing Now Has Complete Airport Maps [Bing]

I've gotten lost at JFK Airport more times than I care to admit. But Bing Maps now offers full maps of airports so you make it to your flight without getting turned around. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/bvRiSIxqyGE/bing-now-has-complete-airport-maps

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Ikea Hack: Time-Lapse Panning Tripod from Kitchen Timer

This photographic Ikea Hack is notable both for its simplicity and for the stunning results it produces. And it only gets better when you find out that it can be done for less than $5.
The hack uses Ikea kitchen timers to make timelapse panning stands. All you need to do is drill a hole in [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/ikea-hack-time-lapse-panning-tripod-from-kitchen-timer/

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Cloud Girlfriend will use a swarm of females to satisfy men

Cloud Girlfriend, despite what it sounds like, doesn't really have anything to do with cloud computing. Rather, it uses a cloud of women to pose as your girlfriend on Facebook, or your favorite social network of choice. The service is scheduled to launch 'soon,' and there's no indication of how much it will cost.

With the tagline 'The easiest way to get a girlfriend is to already have one,' Cloud Girlfriend promises to be a very interesting startup indeed. The brains of the operation, David Fuhriman, speaking to CNET, says it's all about fulfilling Maslow's hierarchy of needs. "CloudGirlfriend.com can fulfill Maslow's higher needs, even though the users know that the interaction is virtual. They will interact with a real person and see real profile images of the girl with whom they interact. This interaction can build confidence and esteem as well as provide real training experiences in navigating a friendship and a relationship."

Our concern, of course, is that it's very nearly April 1. We're also worried by the fact that Fuhriman has a name that sounds ominously like a social subculture that we've grown strangely attracted to here in the Download Squad bunker.

Finally, just stop and think about it for a second. Because your cloud girlfriend will be entirely virtual, she could be based anywhere. She could be underage -- or overage -- or she might be someone who you know in real life. She could even be a relative of yours, and you'd never know.

Let's not forget this is the Internet we're talking about, folks. Worst case scenario, she could turn out to be a hairy, male truck driver from Texas. Such as... your dad, perhaps?

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/30/cloud-girlfriend-will-use-an-army-of-females-to-please-lonely-me/

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Yahoo! Messenger now censors the links you share

We've all thought it, but never dared think it could be true: what if Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL actively monitor our instant messenger chats? What if mentions of 'bomb' and 'underage' are tracked and sent to law enforcement agencies? What if chat providers don't agree with the things we say, or the links we share, and filter or censor the content of our transmitted messages?

Well, it looks like our fears may actually have some basis in reality: Yahoo Messenger strips FilesTube links from instant messages. It doesn't tell either party that a URL has been removed from chat -- it just deletes it. Poof. FilesTube, in case you were wondering, is one of the largest file hosting meta search engines on the Web -- it indexes RapidShare, Megaupload, Mediafire, and many other 'cyberlocker' services.

It's fairly obvious why FilesTube links are being removed -- the Censor General at Yahoo is probably one of those perplexed primates who think all uses of BitTorrent are illegal -- but this situation poses a far more important question: is Yahoo censoring messages on the client side, or the server side. Does the messenger client itself maintain a list of 'blacklisted' words -- and if so, why are we not told that FilesTube links are banned? What other words and terms does Yahoo protect us from?

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/30/yahoo-messenger-now-censors-links-raises-serious-privacy-issue/

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1TB Samsung Spinpoint Is Your Data Hoarding Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Back in the late 1990s and the early 2000s, Homo sapiens used a crude form of the computer known as the Desktop PC, in which the monitor and computer were separated into discrete components. The computer, housed in what would come to be known as a "mini-tower," contained the guts, such as the processor, RAM, optical drives, sound cards, and hard drives. The hard drives specifically came in an odd 3.5-inch form factor and had moving discs that used magnets data to the rest of the computer. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/sSifTaFQYeU/1tb-samsung-spinpoint-is-your-data-hoarding-deal-of-the-day

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CrunchGear Week in Review: Animal Shots Edition

Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear: ?Rotary Mechanical? Cell Phone Concept Isn?t Practical, But It Looks Great Lomo?s New La Sardina Camera Is Cheap And Sardine-Can-Like Panda Itazura Bank: Super-Cute Piggy Bank (Video) Meet The Robostir, A Robotic Soup Stirrer SugarSync Adds Mobile Device Management To Send Files To Devices From [...]

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/20/week-in-review-animal-shots/

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