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Google Reader Play: Fullscreen Playback of Popular/Recommended Reader Items [Google Reader]


 Fullscreen Playback of Popular/Recommended Reader Items

Google Reader Play is a new Reader feature that plays a slideshow of cool items from around the web based on the stories you star.

Twitter to block malicious links

Links in direct messages on Twitter and e-mail notifications about direct messages will be filtered in an attempt to stop phishing attacks.

The Lost Film That Accompanied Empire Strikes Back

An anonymous reader writes "'Alien' and 'Star Wars' art director Roger Christian was given £25,000 by George Lucas in 1979 to make a 25-minute medieval B-feature called 'Black Angel.' This spiritual tale of a knight on a strange quest was inspired by Christian's near-fatal fever when he fell ill in Mexico making 'Lucky Lady.' 'Black Angel' made a huge impression, not least because it shared the dark tone of 'Empire Strikes Back.' John Boorman showed it to the crew of 'Excalibur' as a template for how he wanted his film to look, and 'Black Angel' went on to influence films such as 'Dragonslayer' and 'Legend' throughout the 1980s and beyond. But it has not been seen by anyone since 'Empire' finished its theatrical run.

How to Skip Commercials in Windows 7 Media Center [Windows Media Center]


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If you use Windows 7 Media Center to record TV, you'd probably prefer skipping commercials. After all, a big reason you record programs is to avoid commercials, right?

Hoodie Origami: Fold your sweatshirt into a laptop bag, baby carrier, etc

Woah!

Antonio Scarponi, founder of Conceptual Devices, has worked out a way to fold your regular hoodie into a laptop bag, baby carrier, pillow, backpack and strap bag. Memorize it to impress people in a pinch. Might also be good for that lazy look (come on, we know you can pull it off).

Follow the instructions below or watch more videos. More information here.

WebMD Embracing Social Networking With "Health Exchanges"

WebMD Health Corp. finally bought into the hype of social networking and has integrated its own community platform into WebMD.com. WebMD Health Exchange allows consumers to connect to others that have similar conditions and health concerns, and to discuss these matters with the help of a physician moderator that can keep the service from becoming a medical rumourville.

From the announcement:

The methods of social innovation

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The Social Innovator Series is the culmination of a major two year collaboration between the UK's National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and The Young Foundation to develop a rich, practical resource for social innovators. It is a collection of publications and accompanying website that reveal the vast potential of a new social economy.

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Less conformist than regular Hitler

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Plastics advances: Stopping recycling from becoming onecycling

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The recycling symbol is actually kind of deceptive. The three arrows in a circle implies that by recycling, we are enabling the material to live forever in our little product ecosystems. Yet there's lots of stuff that can only be recycled once, which is better than nothing but worse than great.

Take plastics, for instance:

Chandrasekhar Narayan, who leads I.B.M.'s science and technology team at its Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif., said the presence of metal catalysts in plastics means that they often can only be recycled once before ending up in a landfill.

"When you try to take a product and recycle it, the metal in the polymer continues to degrade the polymer so it gets increasingly less strong," said Mr. Narayan.

Get an Xbox 360 Premium for $149.99

It's a refurb, and shipping will run you about $23, but this model includes two games and a hard drive--making it one of the best Xbox 360 deals I've seen.

HP MediaSmart add-in adds TiVo compatibility, enables video transfers to and fro

HP MediaSmart add-in adds TiVo compatibility, enables video transfers to and fro
For those enjoying media bliss thanks to a little MediaSmart box humming away somewhere in the corner, life just got a even more lovely. HP has announced a partnership with TiVo that allows MediaSmart users to install a Windows Home Server add-in, enabling the two devices to talk sweet nothings to each other. From within the WHS console you'll be able to suck recorded content from the TiVo onto the MediaSmart's expansive storage array and, from there, play it on any of your compatible devices (PC, Mac, Xbox, PS3, etc.).

Rock Band 3 Officially Announced For Holiday 2010

An anonymous reader writes "Philippe Dauman, Viacom CEO and President, announced today that Harmonix is currently working on the next Rock Band game, Rock Band 3, due for release Holiday 2010. 'The company is pursuing the game in spite of an industry-weakening decline in the once-booming genre of peripheral-equipped music games. Although the franchise has generated over $1 billion to date, the category in general saw sales contract by as much as half throughout 2009. MTV Games parent Viacom also saw Rock Band declines drag on its balance sheet in its last fiscal quarter, and expressed a need to refocus away from pricey peripherals in favor of software.

Martin Jetpack priced at $86,000, mere mortals will soon be able to buy one too


Tired of the limited legroom, bad food, and worse movies you have to put up with during a flight? Well, it's time to bust out your company credit card and get yourself a Martin Jetpack, which has just become the first commercially available jetpack. Driven by a pair of washing machine-sized fans strapped to your back, this personal transporter will give you a pretty cool 30 minutes of flight time and comes with a bunch of redundancy systems to ensure any mistakes don't turn fatal. The rotors are built out of a carbon / Kevlar composite and are powered by a two-liter V4 two-stroke engine capable of delivering 200hp (or 150kW).

Puzzle In xkcd Book Finally Cracked

An anonymous reader writes "After a little over five months of pondering, xkcd fans have cracked a puzzle hidden inside Randall Munroe's recent book xkcd: volume 0. Here is the start of the thread on the xkcd forums; and here is the post revealing the final message (a latitude and longitude plus a date and time)."

Leaked Dell Streak flyer shows multitude of color options, confirmed specifications


There's no denying that the Mini 5 is real, but up until now, we've had to provide all of our own promotional material. At long last, it seems as if the suits in Round Rock are finally getting around to crafting the first advertisements for the upcoming slate, and while we knew about the 5-inch WVGA (800 x 480) touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, capacitive touch front buttons, front-facing VGA camera (for video chatting) and the 30-pin docking connector, we weren't aware of Dell's plans to reveal a slew of vivacious color options.

US Considers Some Free Wireless Broadband Service

gollum123 writes "US regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday. The FCC provided few details about how it would carry out such a plan and who would qualify, but will make a recommendation under the National Broadband Plan set for release next week. The agency will determine details later. One way of making broadband more affordable is to 'consider use of spectrum for a free or a very low-cost wireless broadband service,' the FCC said in a statement." Nobody has more than a couple of paragraphs on this story.

Google Apps Marketplace Integrates Third-Party Cloud Apps with Google Apps [Google Apps]

Google just launched a new Google Apps Marketplace where users can discover and deploy third-party cloud applications that integrate with their existing Google Apps accounts.

Give the video above a watch for a full overview of how Google Apps Marketplace apps work, or, summed up from the Google Apps Marketplace homepage:

The Google Apps Marketplace offers products and services designed for Google users, including installable apps that integrate directly with Google Apps. Installable apps are easy to use because they include single sign-on, Google's universal navigation, and some even include features that integrate with your domain's data.

Lindsay Lohan sues E-Trade over Super Bowl spot

The troubled actress is suing E-Trade, claiming that it mocked her in one of its cute baby ads. She is asking for $100 million.

Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes "Crazy Cat Lady" Syndrome - Medicine - io9

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Glenna there's hope!

Toxoplasmosis, a common food- and pet-borne illness linked to hallucinations, personality alteration, and, since it's often carried by house pets, the stereotype of the crazy cat lady, infects around 15 percent of the US population.

How Epic fit the Unreal Engine into the iPhone

The Unreal Engine 3 is on its way to the iPhone, though creators Epic Games have had to make some compromises to get there.

Generic Movie Based on the Movie They've BeenReleasing Every Single Week Since the 1980s

This is pretty much exactly what most new indie and studio movies look like to me. Not just the Oscar-hopefuls and the Sundance selections. And not just the trailers, but the entire movies themselves (which are usually laid out, beat by beat, in the trailers). This one's funnier, though, because it doesn't pretend to be anything more than a familiar schematic diagram. Which is exactly what these comfy, risk-averse movies seem to be aiming for.

Starring Robert Pattinson or Adam Sandler, Natalie Portman or Sandra Bullock. Directed by Ron Howard or someone whose only previous work has been on YouTube.

(tip: Max Kleger)

Final Frame: CMYK Low Ink Alert Pillows

030910CMYKpillows.jpgFor graphic designer and photographers who dread the printer "low ink" warnings, these Thomas Dabner CMYK pillows may make a humorous gift.

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Waterdog Turns Any Spiget into an Automatic Pet Fountain

dog-faucet-3-sz-031010.jpg We all know how thirsty dogs can get running around and exploring the yard. Sure a big bowl of water will probably keep your pup quenched, but that water can get pretty gnarly by the end of the day with dirt, leaves, and bugs. While it may not be warm enough in some parts of the country for this doodad, for those of you with pups, this may be a good thing to put on your list of summer yard upgrades.

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Buy a house already!

I would say 90% of my friends rent instead of own.

And out of those 90% of my friends, I would say 100% of them want to punch me in the face everytime I try to encourage them to buy a house.  I usually get, “will you please shut up.  I’m not buying a house.”  And then I say, “but what if I told you that the banks are….” but by the time my sentence is finished, I’m usually standing alone talking to my Utica Club.

Yes, buying a house is expensive.  Yes, it’s a commitment.  YES, it’s a huge responsibility.

NFL Mobile comes to Verizon with livestreaming RedZone channel


We'd heard that the NFL would be bringing the RedZone channel to phones this season, and it looks like Verizon's scored the first big partnership: NFL Mobile will launch on Big Red next month with the draft, complete with live streaming video of the event, on-demand video analysis from NFL Network, a pick-by-pick draft tracker, and other content. Once the season starts, customers will get RedZone, live streams of Sunday night and Thursday night games, on-demand video highlights and analysis, live home and away radio broadcasts, fantasy info, and the usual nasty ringtones and graphics.

Ubuntu hits HTC's Touch Pro2, is any Windows Mobile handset safe? (video)

Ubuntu hits HTC's Touch Pro 2, is any Windows Mobile handset safe?
If there's one thing we're pretty sure Windows Phone 7 Series will be worse at than its Windows Mobile precursor it's in the running of various and sundry other operating systems. We've seen Android running on seemingly every WinMo handset ever created and more recently Ubuntu has been receiving the mobile treatment.

Ana-Ana-Ana-Anaglyph Face: Lady Gaga 3D Tour Will Have Accompanying 3D DVD [3D Tv]

Thank christ Interscope said "3D DVD" and not "Full HD 3D"—I don't think I could cope with protruding manladybits in full HD. Not that I'm planning on buying the DVD obviously—though there is a danger that the Interscope rep who told MTV News of Gaga's 3D desires just doesn't know the difference between Blu-rays and DVDs. [MTV News via NME]

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