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Cobble Together Your Own Cell Phone
By Kate Knibbs
For crafty tech fans sick of paying high prices for cell phones, a solution may be at hand: make your own.
How Undercover Cops Catch Distracted Drivers
By Kate Knibbs
Is that a police officer or a panhandler? In Ottawa, guessing wrong will cost you.
Think Distracted Driving Is Dangerous? Try Distracted Flying...
By Kate Knibbs
An Australian pilot aborted a landing just 150 meters from the ground after a text message distracted him, highlighting how dangerous phones can turn even the friendly skies.
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Tapping Into Other People's Brains
Wed May 09, 2012 12:30 pm | By Sandy Fitzgerald
A new software tool may allow people to tap into other people's brains, as scientists are working to take advantage of data that otherwise may just be lost.
Cobble Together Your Own Cell Phone
Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:00 pm | By Kate Knibbs
For crafty tech fans sick of paying high prices for cell phones, a solution may be at hand: make your own.
How Undercover Cops Catch Distracted Drivers
Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:55 pm | By Kate Knibbs
Is that a police officer or a panhandler? In Ottawa, guessing wrong will cost you.
Think Distracted Driving Is Dangerous? Try Distracted Flying...
Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:30 am | By Kate Knibbs
An Australian pilot aborted a landing just 150 meters from the ground after a text message distracted him, highlighting how dangerous phones can turn even the friendly skies.
IStink Like a MacBook
Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:26 pm | By Joe Arico
Everyone loves the smell of new things -- new cars, new books, new Apple products. And now you can smell like a MacBook, with a new laptop-inspired fragrance.
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How Breasts Led to the Arrest of a Hacker
Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:33 pm | By Kate Knibbs
A hacker was arrested after posting a photo of his girlfriend's bountiful cleavage, in perhaps the first documented case of "boobris," or the downfall from lady parts.
Can These Glasses Make You Lose Weight?
Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:18 pm | By Melissa Daniels
Camera-powered glasses are helping people lose weight, researchers say, by making food look bigger.
Texting Man Walks Into Bear
Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:21 pm | By Kate Knibbs
A California man, texting on his phone, ran into a 500-pound black bear on his walk to work.
Espresso Machine Takes Orders by Text
Mon Apr 09, 2012 3:00 pm | By Kate Knibbs
A text-savvy espresso machine is promoting the potential of cloud-based texting services, illustrating the technology's wide-reaching potential.
Oy Vey! Hasidic Jews Ban Facebook in School
Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:18 pm | By Sandy Fitzgerald
A New York Jewish girls' school fined 33 students $100 each after being caught on Facebook, after Hasidic leaders said social media was "not modest" due to privacy issues.
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Hungry Car Thief Crashes While Texting
Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:48 pm | By Joe Arico
Police arrested a car thief in Washington after he crashed the stolen truck he was driving while eating and texting, as yet another criminal is one-upped by technology.
Facebook Can Predict Hookups, Breakups
Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:32 am | By Kate Knibbs
Facebook can predict the month and day people are most likely to enter or leave a relationship, underscoring how social networks mirror and shape real-life behavior.
Robot Snails Spy on Terrorists
Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:35 am | By Kate Knibbs
Scientists are turing living snails into batteries, highlighting the innovative solutions for alternative-energy espionage.
Snuggle Up to Steve Jobs
Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:25 pm | By Melissa Daniels
A stuffed Steve Jobs toy is paying tribute to the late great Apple founder, but just like other homages, it may be blocked before hitting the market.
Teddy Bears Cuddle Up to IPhones
Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:06 pm | By Kate Knibbs
A high-tech, "interactive" teddy bear is showing Apple's youngest fans that no age is too early to heed the iPhone's siren song.
