We the People platform quadruples the number of signatures required on petitions before they merit the Obama Administration’s attention. [Read more]
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Why You’re Totally Justified in Hating Data Caps
Going over your mobile data cap limit costs more than a long distance phone call from a hotel room and for what? Crossing some invisible line in the sand drawn by your carrier? That’s some bullsh*t. Brian Boyko explains exactly why data caps don’t so much protect network infrastructure as generate revenue. [ Blogphilo ] More »
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Netflix scores deals with Turner, Warner Bros.
The agreements include the rights to stream past episodes from the Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Warner Bros. Animation. [Read more]
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German Scientists Have Built A Real, Functional Laser Turret
You say the words “laser turret”, and you think strategy games. Maybe shooters. They’re as clichéd a defensive tool that science fiction stories can get, but now, thanks to German scientists, they’re real. More »
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Google wafts $200M to Texas wind farm
The 161-megawatt Spinning Spur Wind Project in Oldham County boasts 70 Siemens wind turbines of 2.3 megawatts each. Google says the farm produces enough juice to power more than 60,000 homes in the U.S. [Read more]
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Seagate embraces SSHDs, phasing out 7,200rpm laptop HDDs
Seagates demos its third-gen hybrid drive at CES 2013 and aims to replace all high-end laptop hard drives with hybrid drives. [Read more]
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IRS begins accepting DocuSign on 25 million annual forms
A deal with DocuSign means that anyone filing a request for income verification — meaning most people applying for a mortgage — can sign electronically. [Read more]
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IRS begins accepting DocuSign on 25 million annual forms
Teens allegedly drug parents’ milkshakes to get online
Police say two teenage girls drugged the parents of one so that they could beat an imposed Internet curfew. [Read more]
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Reddit’s visitors skyrocket in 2012 with 37 billion page views
Upping its Web presence with high-level “ask me anything” sessions, the social news site racks in hundreds of millions of users and reveals its top 10 posts of 2012. [Read more]
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Reddit’s visitors skyrocket in 2012 with 37 billion page views
The Soviets Made a Hobbit Movie In 1985. It’s So Terrible it’s Incredible.
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