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BlueBeat’s Hank Risan: That’s Not the Beatles, It’s a ‘Virtual Cover Band’
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BlueBeat’s Hank Risan: That’s Not the Beatles, It’s a "Virtual Cover Band"

If you thought that was AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Beatles you streamed for free or downloaded this week for $.25 from BlueBeat.com, it’s an understandable error. The music sounded identical to songs by those artists. ...READ»

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Mon Dieu! Apple Store Coming the Louvre

There's a price for everything, even in the Louvre: Tomorrow, Apple will be opening up their very first Parisian Apple Store, and it'll sit in the concourse right below I.M. Pei's glass pyramid. According to Bloomberg, this'll be ...READ»

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Winners Announced in the 2009 World Architecture Festival

Today, winners were announced in the World Architecture Festival, a sprawling convocation that also serves as the most varied architectural competition around. Here's a collection of some of the most intriguing award winners.READ»

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WINDOWS   |  1 comment

Streaming Video? Forget Myka or Roku and Get Windows 7

We already know Netflix users are begging for easier ways to get streaming video to their TVs--Xbox, PS3, Roku, and Blu-ray players apparently aren't simple enough solutions. Instead, more and more people watch TV and film on their ...READ»

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Lamp Powered by Phone Lines Is a Sneaky Way to Get Around Energy Costs

Is hooking up electronics to a phone jack unethical? Maybe, but the RJ11 lamp can at least save some cash. The lamp, which features 8 LED bulbs, gets power from your phone socket instead of the grid or a USB port. It's a sneaky ...READ»

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GEODYNAMICS   |  Comment

$9M Investment in Heat-Harnessing Geodynamics Project Rocks!

Geothermal technology is the ugly duckling of the renewable energy industry--it's not nearly as flashy as wind or solar, and it deals with the most unsexy of materials: rocks. But Australian company Geodynamics just got a big push ...READ»

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T27 EV   |  2 comments

The World's Most Efficient Electric Car Is Tinier Than a Golf Cart

The world's most efficient electric car isn't much to look at--yet. Designed by Gordon Murray (the design mind behind the tiny T25 city car) and Zytek Automotive, the T27 EV will supposedly be incredibly efficient thanks to its low ...READ»

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Layar Augmented Reality App Hits 200th Data Layer

We've been following the development of Layar, the cross-platform smartphone augmented reality app-- because it just might be a model for the future of AR. Its utility has been zooming, and it just hit its 200th AR geotagged data ...READ»

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TELEGRAM   |  1 comment

Postal Strike Returns Brits to Old-School Tech

For old-fashioned letter writers like me, the past few months have been pretty horrid, what with the U.K.'s postal strike. Despite yesterday's news that the unions and management of Royal Mail have decided to suspend the strike until ...READ»

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The Rhythm of Design: How Being a Marine Drummer Set My Lifetime Creative Tempo

Peter Clarke's hybrid experience as a musician in the U.S. Marine Corps. gave him the skills to build a company that blends discipline and creativity to take on the challenges of designing the world's best-known brands.READ»

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U.S. and U.K.'s Individuality Is Depressing, but Social Nets May Help

Western society's habits, according to a new survey, are resulting in overly individualistic behavior that makes us depressed. But before that news makes you sad, a different piece of research says the social networking boom may be ...READ»

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Air Filter Uses Plants to Filter Toxins

Two years ago, when this concept was first shown off, we never thought it had a chance. But this week, the Andrea air filter has finally gone on sale--for $199. The idea is simple enough: Plants naturally filter toxins. So the ...READ»

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TV'S FUTURE   |  Comment

How Long Can Free Broadcast TV Last? Not Long, Perhaps

Though Time Warner's CEO Jeff Bewkes has his own agenda to push regarding the future of TV, speaking to the Daily Beast recently he mentioned the future of free-to-air TV. He thinks it hasn't got one, and he may have a point. Among ...READ»

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Infographic of the Day: How Do Different Wines Taste?

Here's an infographic that should help anyone who loves getting drunk drinking wine, but can't tell a pinot from a merlot from 7-Eleven's new cab sav. For his class, Visualizing the Five Senses, NYU grad student Carl Tashian ...READ»

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Bauhaus: A Hot House for Ideas

A new exhibition at MoMA tracks how the Bauhaus ethos sprang up and blossomed.READ»