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Amazingly calm bus driver and crazy deer tries to get out the way it came in. Be careful out there.

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They use software to monitor for key words and look for other indicators like people without long term connections suddenly chatting.

Facebook Monitors Your Chats for Criminal Activity [REPORT] Facebook and other social platforms are watching users’ chats for criminal activity and notifying police if any suspicious behavior is detected, according to a report. The scree…

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The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia on 14 May 2013. 

Now I want to see that thing land itself on a carrier.

Also, lets all read +Daniel Suarez's "Kill Decision" before we get to carried away here.

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The Roku 2 boxes, Roku LT, newer Roku HD and Streaming Stick can now update to the menu that the Roku 3 has.

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Google CEO Breaks Silence on Vocal Issue Google Chief Executive Larry Page said he has been diagnosed with vocal cord paralysis, which has left his voice softer than before and affected his breathing.

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Microsoft confirms Windows Blue will be called Windows 8.1, a free Windows 8 update via the Windows Store Microsoft on Tuesday announced Windows Blue will be officially called Windows 8.1. Furthermore, the new version will arrive as a free Windows 8 update via the Windows Store. The …

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Personally, I avoid beer in cans. I just like glass bottles better. However there are times when glass just isn't practical or even allowed. Nice to have options for great beer.

The 33 Best Craft Beers in a Can – Drink – Thrillist Nation

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ScraperWiki looks like an interesting tool to check out if you are interested in doing things with data.

Free community accounts on the ScraperWiki Beta We’ve been teasing and tempting you with blog posts about the first few tools on the new ScraperWiki Beta for a while now. It’s time to let you try them out first-hand. As of right now, the new Scr…

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Tech news – February 3rd 2013 to February 6th 2013:

• Twitter looks to add two-factor authentication to stop password hacks | Ars Technica -
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  - Sean Gallagher
  Twitter is looking to add another layer of protection to its user authentication. After at least 250,000 account passwords were compromised in an attack against its service last week, Twitter apparently plans to implement two-factor authentication as an option to help users better protect their accounts—or at least it’s hiring people to help do that.
  In a job listing posted by Twitter this week, the company seeks software engineers to develop “user-facing security features, such as multifactor …  show all text
• AOL In Talks To Buy Gdgt, The Consumer Electronics Review Site Started By Former Engadget Founders | TechCrunch -
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  I’m hearing that gdgt (pronounced ‘gadget’), the consumer electronics review site founded by Engadget co-founder Peter Rojas and former Engadge..
• The Threat of Silence -Meet the groundbreaking new encryption app set to revolutionize privacy and freak out the feds.

  
  
• Avacado: A social network for 2 -

  Avocado — Messaging, calendar and more for couples
  Avocado for iPhone, Android and web is the best way to stay connected with the most important person in your life.

• New Largest Prime Number - 
  
• The largest prime number has been discovered — and it’s 17,425,170 digits long. The new prime number crushes the last one discovered in 2008, which was a paltry 12,978,189 digits long.
• Google Plus is Google -
  Watch this if you want to ‘get it’. Via +Denis Labelle  #tl
• WebDev Resource -
  Huge collection of apps and tools for web developers. Via +Susan Kitchens on Twitter.The Toolbox: a directory of the best time-saving apps and tools
  Show: All (140) · Animation (5) · Bookmarklets (4) · Browser Testing (1) · Colors (10) · CSS (29) · Date & Time (4) · Editors (10) · Grids (4) · Icons (10) · Images (13) · Javascript (11) · Lorem …
• Farming content and reposting to Facebook for profit -

  Really interesting.This Facebook page you like is actually spam
  Welcome to the new content farm, fertilized by Facebook.

• This guy just got angel money to build a permanent colony on Mars | VentureBeat -
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  - Jolie O’Dell
  

  We have for some time been following the fascinating tale of Mars One, a private-sector mission to put humans on Mars — and leave them there, no round-trip ticket, to build a new civilization.
  The premise is pure science fiction; wiser souls would dismiss the scheme as the work of starry-eyed optimists.
  But we just happen to be science fiction fans, so we’ve been rooting for the mission to earn its wings and begin in earnest. Shortly after Mars One issued its casting call for astronauts last mo…  show all text
• Mars rover hammers down into rock -The Mars rover Curiosity used its drill for the first time, hammering down briefly into a flat slab of rock on the floor of Gale Crater.

  
  

Tech news – January 20th 2013 to January 30th 2013:

• Canned air for sale in China, as blanket of smog returns -Entrepreneur Chen Guangbiao sells canned air to make a point about toll on environment.
  
• Ancient bones found 100 years ago belong to undiscovered species -The partial skeleton, including a jawbone and teeth, has been identified as belonging to a group of ancient crocodiles that were similar to dolphins.
  
• ‘Living wire’ can heal itself when cut -The wire contains a core of liquid metal that conducts electricity and can be rejoined when severed.
  
• Updated Aereo app adds improved live TV streaming to Roku | Internet & Media – CNET News -
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  Aereo’s streaming-TV service gets an upgraded app that allows for live and recorded local television viewing without the need for an iPad or iPhone, as it gears up to expand beyond New York City. Read this article by John P. Falcone on CNET News.
• Sleeper drones could swim future seas -Swarms of autonomous vehicles out in the ocean could help monitor coastlines or dangerous passageways rife with pirates.
  
• Twitter Blog: Vine: A new way to share video -
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  - twitter
  Today, we’re introducing Vine: a mobile service that lets you capture and share short looping videos. Like Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine (6 seconds or less) inspires creativity. Now that you can easily capture motion and sound, we look forward to seeing what you create. You can read more about the app on the Vine blog. Vine is currently available on the iPhone and iPod touch. You can download it for free from the App Store. We’re working now to bring it to other platforms, so stay tuned  show all text
• Dwarf planet Eris may reveal quantum gravity -The dwarf planet Eris, named for the Greek goddess of strife, could bring down the most popular explanations for dark matter and dark energy.
  
• Intel to wind down desktop circuit board business | Business Tech – CNET News -
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  - Brooke Crothers
  

  The chipmaker says it will leave the traditional desktop PC circuit board business. As a result, the venerable tower PC will likely begin to fade.
• Launch: Basecamp Personal, the Basecamp for all your projects outside of work by Jason Fried of 37signals -
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  - Jason Fried
  Since the beginning, Basecamp has been marketed as a collaboration tool for small businesses (or small groups inside larger businesses).
  However, over the years we’ve also heard from many thousands of people who use Basecamp outside of work. They’ve turned to Basecamp to help them manage home improvement projects, hobby projects, volunteer projects, school projects, weddings, etc.
  But one complaint we’ve heard is… Basecamp is priced for businesses, not for personal side projects.
  So today we’re…  show all text
• BBC News – ‘Privacy visor blocks facial recognition software’ -
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  A pair of glasses dubbed a “privacy visor” is developed to thwart hidden cameras using facial-recognition software.
• Cloud computing showdown: Amazon vs. Rackspace (OpenStack) vs. Microsoft vs. Google -
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