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Redbox Adds Video Games to Join GameFly, Blockbuster: Is Netflix Next?

Kiosk powerhouse Redbox announced it will offer video games in addition to movies, marking a new trend in the rental industry that Netflix may mimic.READ»

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Deep Inside Alleged Russian Spies' Tech and Techniques

Beautiful Russian spies, high tech gadgetry, political intrigue, White House involvement ... is this reminding you of the Cold War or James Bond much? Well it's real news today, in the U.S. and all about USB sticks and Wi-Fi--not ...READ»

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Everyday Objects Stash Money, Secrets, Drugs, IDs

Looking to hide your drugs or money? Yiting Cheng might have something for you.READ»

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EA's Nick Earl on the Horror of "Dead Space 2," and How He's Changing Game Development

Nick Earl, the Senior VP and General Manager for Electronic Art's group that focuses on action games, tell us about "Dead Space 2," why he is happy about the elongated cycle for current game consoles, and how he is pioneering a new form of game development.READ»

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Why the Times Square Bomb Fizzled Rather Than Boomed

The drama about the Times Square bombing event is continuing, and now a suspect is in custody, thanks to science and forensics. But it looks like the suspect's grip of science wasn't so hot: His bomb probably wouldn't have been as ...READ»

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Today in Robots: Fabulous Farm Droids, Scary Stick-on Spy Planes

Robots, robots everywhere, with barely time to think (about the coming robocalypse.) Mechanoids are a fact of life folks, and if you need proof then learn about Chinese farmer Wu Yulu and his list of robo pals, and Stanford's freaky ...READ»

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China Behind Yesterday's YouTube, Facebook, Twitter Outage

While the World is pondering the complex final moves in the cultural conflict between Google and China's censors, the story has has taken a completely bizarre twist: For some reason, China's censorship firewall went briefly ...READ»

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What It’s Like to Chill Out With : Ratko Mladic, Goran Hadzic and Radovan Karadzic

Retrospectively, it was all so simple, natural and matter of fact being on a boat restaurant in Belgrade, sitting with, laughing, drinking a two hundred bottle of wine and chatting about war and peace while Ratko Mladic held my hand. Mladic, a man considered the world’s most ruthless war criminal since Adolf Hitler, still at large and currently having a five million dollar bounty on his head for genocide by the international community. Yet there I was with my two best friends at the time, a former Serbian diplomat, his wife, and Ratko Mladic just chilling. There was no security, nothing you’d ordinarily expect in such circumstances. Referring to himself merely as, Sharko; this is the story of it all came about.READ»

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iPhone You Can Drive My Car, If It's a New Mercedes Anyway

An iPhone app that lets you control your Mercedes Benz. An iPhone app that lets you control your Mercedes Benz. An iPhone app ... I mean, what more do you need to know? It's damn cool enough by itself isn't it? Mercedes Benz has ...READ»

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Nokia Rocks the World: The Phone King's Plan to Redefine Its Business

Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»

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Facebook's Privacy Settings Fail MI6: Head of British Intelligence Cover Blown

According to the TimesOnline, the chief of British intelligence agency MI6 was outed from his cover-name by his wife, who posted to him affectionately on Facebook wall using the moniker, "C". Sir John Sawers, the agent in question, ...READ»

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Now: May 2009

May MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN         01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 ...READ»

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Designing the Ambulance of the Future

After two years of work, the results of a project to imagine the ambulance of the future have been unveiled, and the results are exactly as gee-whiz, what-will-they-think-of-next as you hoped. Dubbed "Healthcare on the Move: ...READ»

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GE's New Ecomagineer Spills It

GE mirrors the American economy much better than most companies -- for good and ill. Last year, the credit squeeze assailed GE Capital, its financial-services arm; the company missed an earnings prediction, driving the stock price ...READ»

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Report from NY Web 2.0: Web Industry +1, Wi-Fi (FAIL)

If the recent NextWeb NY Web 2.0 Meetup is any indication, then Silicon Alley is not only ripe with promising ideas, it's actually thriving. Too bad we can't say much about the technology we employed in our attempt to bring you a live ...READ»

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Contributors

Kevin Van Aelst For this issue's Now section, artist Kevin Van Aelst created a fictitious holiday world to spell out the words "December & January." He arranged bits of a broken champagne flute in the spot where he once dropped ...READ»

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The Best Advertising Slogans of All Time According to Digg Users

People take their favorite ads seriously--witness the huge response to Inc.com’s list last week of the “The 10 Best Slogans of All Time,” which popped up Wednesday on Digg.com and promptly touched off a groundswell of impassioned debate. From Tony the Tiger to milk moustaches, many PR campaigns have left a lasting impression on people. Here are some of the best nominations from Digg.com users.READ»

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The Personality Behind Online Gaming Site Bodog

Mountains of cash, beautiful women, and a nonstop round-the-world party. Life was good for Calvin Ayre, founder of the online gambling powerhouse Bodog. Then he was gone.READ»

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Obscura Digital's High Def Projections

A multi-media design lab out of San Francisco lights up companies such as GM, Google, and Oracle with mind-blowing projections. READ»

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Free Money for Your Start-Up

Business 101: There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Your Parents 101: Money doesn’t grow on trees. Reality Check 101: Due to the current sub-prime crisis, banks are losing massive amounts of money, bankers are getting laid ...READ»

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James Bond: An Everlasting Brand

Will the blond Bond -- Daniel Craig -- live up to the brand?READ»

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Creative Drive

BMW's Designworks/USA studio has a formula for profitable creativity that involves working on everything from tractors to goggles. Which may be why it designs such cool cars.READ»

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The Future of Design

From the $300,000 table to the $30 teakettle, design is dressing up the American way of life. READ»

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The Gonzo Way of Branding

Billionaire Richard Branson has thrived by breaking the rules. Now he's tackling his greatest challenge, setting his sights on the United States and a new airline. He's testing himself and the limits of the Virgin brand.READ»