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Intel's Thunderbolt--The Stealth Effort to Take Over Every Wire on Your Desk

Intel's Light Peak data connection tech has evolved, and is now on sale in a real device--Apple's new MacBook Pros. It's clever, super-fast, and is actually a stealthy trick to replace the rats nest of wires on your desk with a new protocol.READ»

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WikiLeaks Times Release of Egypt-Focused Cables to News Cycle

Does this make Julian Assange's rogue enterprise more of a journalistic operation? READ»

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WikiLeaks Back on Amazon - via Kindle - for Now [Update]

WikiLeaks is back on Amazon. The CableGate stash is selling for £7.37, and it's angered plenty of reviewers who don't understand Amazon's not exactly complicit in the act.READ»

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WikiLeaks Word Clouds: Iraq and Cablegate

WikiLeaks pulled the veil off thousands of U.S. diplomatic and Iraq War communications. As we've done before, we looked at the data in a different way: By peeking at the words themselves.READ»

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Why You Should Be Excited About HDMI 1.4

Peep behind your HDTV and you'll find at least one HDMI cable. It's the wire that lets your HD cable box or DVD player to connect with your TV screen, and it conforms to existing HDMI 1.3 standards. That means it's limited in a ...READ»

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Zip-Together Headphones Concept Means No More Tangles?

Gah, headphone cables are hateful. My wife swears by Sony's design, claiming they've optimized the size and slipperiness so that when they do tangle, they at least undo easily. But every time I dig out mine they're a spaghetti'd ...READ»