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Pickens writes “In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin made a promise: ‘We believe the issue of advertising causes enough mixed incentives that it is crucial to have a competitive search engine that is transparent and in the academic realm.’ Now, Micah White writes in the Guardian that the vast library that is the internet [...]

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has lifted its ban on video-sharing website YouTube as material deemed insulting to Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk has been removed, Turkish state-run news agency Anatolian reported Saturday. Original post by Adam Dachis

Are you a master of words? Try Spliterature! In each round two related words are spliced together. Can you figure out what they are? Watch out for puns, twists, turns, jokes, and general trickery as you try to score as many points as you can! The faster you play, the more points you’ll earn. Good [...]

If you live in a disaster-prone area, you probably know how to prepare your home and what to stock up on in case a hurricane or tornado strikes. But have you thought about what to do with your pet? That’s a part of disaster preparedness, too. Original post by Soulskill

Big predators pose a big threat unless you know what to do under attack. This video from Discovery Channel advises making lots of noise, freezing when confronted and playing defense in order to survive. Original post by Soulskill

Two reports issued this week show that the cost of college tuition in the United States rose again this fall, with some schools seeing increases of up to 7.9 percent. What financial aid options are out there, and what’s the best way to apply? Original post by Soulskill

The word “autobahn” conjures images of top-speed thrills on smooth stretches of highway in the Bavarian heartland. The truth is, most German drivers simply consider it a way to get from point A to point B. What are average speeds clocked on the autobahn? Original post by Soulskill

Andrew Smith writes “John Carmack has an article up on the Bethesda blog discussing the iPhone/iPad version of RAGE, which is said to run at an impressive 60fps. ‘Managing over a gig of media made dealing with flash memory IO and process memory management very important, and I did a lot of performance investigations to [...]

Picture this: you are at the base camp of Mount Everest, only to realize it’s your girlfriends birthday and you forgot to send flowers; what do you do? Grab your cell phone and call the florist of course, as Ncell, Nepal’s mobile operator, now has you covered. The carrier has announced its first 3G base [...]