After analyzing more than 10 million anonymized emails from Yahoo!, a group of computer researchers stumbled upon a fascinating trend: countries with economic and cultural similarities had a tendency to send each other emails far more frequently. More »
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This Fascinating Email Map Shows You Which Countries Are Buddies and Which Aren’t Getting Along
The sad passing of the legendary Ian Abercrombie, voice of Clone Wars’ Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, left a great disturbance in the Force. But another giant has stepped up to fill in the Emperor’s cloak. More »
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Tim Curry to take over for Chancellor Palpatine in Clone Wars
Ever since Microsoft acquired Skype and confirmed the end of Windows Live Messenger , a merger has been a tiny dot off on the horizon. Now Microsoft has pinned down when the two will become one : this April. More »
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Microsoft Is Finally Merging Skype and Windows Live Messenger This Spring
A leaked report from Morgan Stanley seems to suggest that Google will pay Apple a cool $1 billion dollars in 2014 to remain the default search engine in iOS. More »
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Google Reportedly Pays Apple $1 Billion To Be the Default iOS Search Engine
It’s official guys. Disney has just confirmed that the next Star Wars: Episode VII will be directed by JJ Abrams. One man in control of Star Wars and Star Trek . Amazing. Unbelievable. Crazy! More »
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It’s Official: Disney Confirms That JJ Abrams Will Direct the Next Star Wars: Episode VII
You’re looking at what was once the main junction for telephone connections in Stockholm. See all the wires? That’s because it was used for around 5,000 phone lines—literal lines—from 1887-1913. More »
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Why Aren’t Telephone Towers This Beautiful Anymore?
When UK photographer Matt Bigwood took a workshop in pinhole photography, he was inspired to create his own, simple project. So, armed with some empty beer cans and a roll of tape, he set out to make a camera. More »
This is so incredible that I think I’ve seen this in a movie before.* And if I didn’t, it should be put in a movie immediately. Genius bank robbers dug a 100 foot tunnel from a parking garage across the street to the bank’s safe deposit room and walked away with over $15,000,000 in goods. More »
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Genius Bank Robbers Dug a 100 Foot Long Tunnel to Rob a Bank
It’s generally a bad idea to base your budget on hypothetical money that may or may not end up in your pocket. It’s a much worse idea if you’re the state of California, and that money is wacky Facebook cash . More »
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Stupid California Cost Itself $600 Million Over Stupid Facebook IPO
Windows 8 can take some getting used to. While the desktop app works very much like Windows 7, there are plenty of new shortcuts, options, and tricks built into the operating system. Think you know how to use it like a pro? Here are a few Windows 8 features that you probably haven’t found yet. More »
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Six Hidden Windows 8 Features You Can’t Live Without