Jan 30 2009

Google: Our Green Data Centers Got a Lot Greener

Google prides itself on the power efficiency of its data centers, and now it has a lot more to crow about. The company recently released figures that show its already efficient data centers just got a lot greener

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Jan 30 2009

The Best (and Worst) Pittsburgh Jerseys of All-Time

The definitive list of jerseys for a die-hard black-and-gold sports fan to sport (and not to sport) around “tahn.”

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Jan 30 2009

Leningrad’s Past Comes Back to Haunt it [PICS]

These haunting, hybrid images of past and present St Petersburgh – formerly known as Leningrad – are the works of Sergei Larenkov. After studying old images of the city, Larenkov visited the same spots, capturing them on film. He then digitally superimposed the old image over new, producing these eerie and thought-provoking shots.

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Jan 30 2009

The President has asked for your resignations [comic]

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Jan 30 2009

How Gmail Destroyed Outlook

As of this week, Gmail has reached perfection: You no longer have to be online to read or write messages. Desktop programs like Microsoft Outlook have always been able to access your old mail. There is a certain bliss to this if you’ve got a pile of letters that demand well-composed, unplugging the Internet can be the fastest way to get things done

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Jan 30 2009

British Airways allows in-flight texting

British Airways says it will allow limited cell phone use on a London-New York flight due to start in September.

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Jan 30 2009

Google Chrome Accesses Hotmail by Pretending It’s Safari

According to weblog Google Blogoscoped, Google Chrome is spoofing its user agent at Hotmail, Microsoft’s popular but much-maligned webmail application.

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Jan 30 2009

20 Great Twitter Tools for Firefox

People love Twitter, and they love Firefox, so it only seems natural that there would be quite a few tools to merge these two items.

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Jan 30 2009

New Skull Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Locked Horns

Triceratops used their horns to get their point across—literally—a new study finds. Dozens of dinosaur species had bizarre structures on their heads, ranging from horns to crests to lumps. But what these features were for has been a subject of much debate.

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Jan 30 2009

PETA’s Sea Kitten Campaign Gets Pranked With Steak Ad

Some clever techies confused PETA supporters today by pulling a well-executed prank against their campaign to “re-brand” fish as sea kittens.

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