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Tracking 10 Hurricane Stories Across the Web

BY Chris DannenSun Aug 30, 2009 at 6:32 PM

It's hurricane season, and that means freakish weather even thousands of miles from the eye of a storm. Trace back the ripple effects of hurricanes, and you'll find a lot more than just rainy days. Just a few degrees away from Katrina ...READ»

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Seven Signs of Our Times Online

BY Chris DannenFri Aug 21, 2009 at 4:20 PM

This isn't your usual August. With enough political issues smoldering to fill a decade of American history, the vacation month has turned into a morass of issues that boggles the mind. Here are seven articles that went viral this ...READ»

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Six Viral Articles to Make You a Health Care Expert

BY Chris DannenSun Aug 16, 2009 at 6:12 PM

Whether you think public-option health care is a panacea or a slippery slope, you can't deny that the issue has prompted plenty of dialogue (and, okay, invective.) Rather than keeping up on all the bloviating, here are six viral ...READ»

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Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone

BY Chris DannenSun Aug 2, 2009 at 5:32 PM

It's been a nasty week for iPhone users. Apple has buckled to pressure from AT&T and denied Google's Voice application from the App Store: a nifty service that helps you consolidate phones and manage your voicemail online.READ»

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Seven Entertaining Things Online This Week

BY Chris DannenSun Jul 26, 2009 at 5:45 PM

Let's face it: it's almost August, the official month of no productivity. Why not start off a week early? Here's seven bits of Internet fun stuff that topped the social news sites this week. Sit back and enjoy. Dangerous ...READ»

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Seven Mysteries Online This Week

BY Chris DannenSun Jul 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM

Weird things happen, yes--but when technology is the cause, everything seems more confusing. Didn't we build these things? Don't we know how they work? Here are seven quiddities topping the social news sites this week. Amazon Steals ...READ»

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Good to Know: Seven Useful Things Online This Week

BY Chris DannenSun Jul 12, 2009 at 4:16 PM

Print Is Dying Because... It's Printed "The Printed Blog" was an experiment in publishing: a hybrid online publication with a printed counterpart that could be delivered to your house. The venture's founder, Josh Karp, believed that ...READ»

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Seven Stories This Week: Weird Science Edition

BY Chris DannenFri Jun 26, 2009 at 1:54 PM

Yes, the King of Pop has gone to meet the Emperor of Pop, and taken much of his patented weirdness with him. Lest you forget that Earth is strange enough even without the scion of Neverland Ranch, here are a few of this week's viral ...READ»

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This Week's Top Tech News: Elimination Edition

BY Chris DannenFri Jun 19, 2009 at 4:01 PM

Put an end to blindness, bullshit, copyright laws and Time Warner's dark hegemony? Sure: the top tech stories of the week are all about the death of things that Web nerds hate--and that includes Bing, whether you like the idyllic backgrounds or not. READ»

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Seven Things to Read Now

BY Chris DannenFri Jun 12, 2009 at 2:25 PM

Why is Philip Morris Backing Antismoking Bills? On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation giving the FDA authority to regulate the tobacco industry. Just 10 years ago, when Senator John McCain introduced a similar bill, ...READ»

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Seven Big Names to Watch This Week

BY Chris DannenFri Jun 5, 2009 at 2:17 PM

Stephen Colbert Goes Iraqi Late night faux-newsman Stephen Colbert will be broadcasting four shows from Baghdad, Iraq next week in a USO tour entitled, "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando." Colbert is ...READ»

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Seven Fascinating Stories About Human Nature

BY Chris DannenFri May 29, 2009 at 4:40 PM

Harvard's shocking fiscal incompetence, a cave of hobos in L.A., murderous robots, and innate female aggression: it's been a fun week in human nature, if you trust the stories that have gone viral on the social news ...READ»

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Six Unbelievable Things Online This Week

BY Chris DannenFri May 22, 2009 at 4:21 PM

It's almost Memorial Day weekend--don't even pretend you're actually working. Here are six truly quizzical stories coursing across the social news sites today to get you through the final working hours. Who knows: you might even garner a little inspiration, and run out the door with an antler helmet on. Don't ask--just read.READ»

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Seven Entertaining Things Online This Week

BY Chris DannenFri May 8, 2009 at 2:39 PM

While kids in Harlem free their minds, kids in Britain are getting prosecuted for politically incorrect jokes. If that makes you lose all hope for the world, well, there's always the prospect of a long, isolated trip to the moon. On second thought, just go surfing, dream of 3G MacBooks, and kick back to some of the Internet's finest viral cat videos.READ»

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Seven Curious Things Online this Week

BY Chris DannenFri May 1, 2009 at 3:23 PM

The future is scary: hadron colliders, HD-video iPhones and nanotube lightbulbs are as bizarre as they are promising. Thankfully, this week on the Web shows us that not all that much has changed; we're still the same gawkers we were ...READ»

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Seven Curious Things Online This Week

BY Chris DannenFri Apr 24, 2009 at 4:43 PM

Torture, sex, killer robots, cheap hacked iPhones and Julia Allison (did we mention torture?). This week was a good one in the Web world. You can now find photos of your friends more easily on Facebook, or find yourself on Facebook endorsing a "friend" you never meant to. Or just watch Christopher Hitchens get pretend-drowned, if you're feeling that semi-violent spring fever. It's all below in FastCompany.com's seven best things this week.READ»

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The Seven Coolest Things Online This Week

BY Chris DannenFri Apr 17, 2009 at 5:32 PM

Sure, you're sick of Twitter, Bush, and bad news about the economy. But this topics still gin up some entertaining news--so check out the related stories that bubbled to the top of the social Web this week. FastCompany.com's best of ...READ»

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Six Fascinating Things Online this Week

BY Chris DannenFri Apr 10, 2009 at 4:33 PM

Watch Those Fingers Imagine you had the opportunity to meet President Obama in Prague this week. Now imagine that you had no idea who he was, and so you decided to stick your fingers in his nose and eyes. Such are the joys of ...READ»

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The Six Most Fascinating Things on the Web This Week

BY Chris DannenFri Apr 3, 2009 at 3:46 PM

Robot Makes Its Own Scientific Discovery Scientists at the U.K.'s Aberystwyth University gave a laboratory robot named Adam a database about yeast biology, articulated arms, and artificial intelligence, and it came back to them ...READ»

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The Seven Coolest Things Online This Week

BY Chris DannenFri Mar 20, 2009 at 5:00 PM

Super-strong artificial muscles and telephony iPods? The future looks brighter--especially if you listen to President Obama's plans, as he laid them out for Jay Leno on Thursday. And with Gmail's new "Undo" feature, even ...READ»

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Seven Tiny Tech Stories That Will Be Huge

BY Chris DannenFri Mar 13, 2009 at 5:30 PM

Progress isn't all breakout products and scientific coups. In fact, some of the most salient indicators of the direction of technology come in re-directions of products and services we use every day. Here are seven subtle changes to ...READ»

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The Six Best (and Worst) Things on the Web This Week

BY Chris DannenFri Mar 6, 2009 at 3:41 PM

You were busy listening to President Obama talk about health care, or watching the economy defy even the most pessimistic doomsayers. But all the while, the Web was churning with news of backroom dealings, car tech, Harvard's secret ...READ»