Gannett Will Cash In on the Paywall Trend

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How to Use an iPad Like a Rock Star

Even though it's less than two years old, the iPad's role in transforming every industry from aviation to education to media is nearly complete.

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The Reality of Augmented Reality

On the gut level, reactions to Google's recently leaked top secret augmented reality eyeglasses can be split into two broad camps: the WTF!?! crew (concerned with privacy) and the WHOA!!! crew (excited about the future). 

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Kim Dotcom May Be Out On Bail, But He Can't Use His Helicopter

We're sure it's been tough in the slammer, but now that a New Zealand judge finally granted him bail, we doubt MegaUpload's Kim Dotcom is going to suffer too many hardships while he's awaiting trial in his $30 million mansion in New Zealand. 

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Pentagon Plans $7 Million Real Life 'Avatar' Remake

We can't wait to check out the military's new DARPA-funded reenactment of the insanely successful James Cameron movie Avatar.

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Corporations Want To Know Exactly When and How To Make Bribes Overseas

Corporations that do business overseas—which frequently involves gifts, baksheesh, and other kinds of behind-the-scenes favors—are wondering just how strictly anti-bribery rules will be enforced.

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Comcast Is the Latest to Launch a Netflix Competitor

As more and more consumers move to cut the cord, Comcast is the latest major media company to announce its entrance into the streaming video business. 

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The Pirate Bay's Downloading Ship Vows Never to Sink

Everyone's favorite law-dodging, file-sharing site The Pirate Bay isn't bothered one bit by a recent High Court decision that threatens to ban the service in the United Kingdom. 

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The Future of Hacking Sounds Pretty Ridiculous

Since the downfall of LulzSec, hackers have been busy coming up with wild ideas to outdo their many attention-grabbing stunts from 2011.

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Why Yahoo's Chairman and Three Board Members May Have Resigned

Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock and three of his fellow board members bowed out of their roles at America's former homepage on Tuesday afternoon.

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Ben Bernanke, Party Pooper

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's not the most beloved man in America (just ask Occupy types, Tea Partiers, and Ron Paul supporters), and his comments today at the Senate Budget Committee's hearing probably won't improve his popularity any time soon.

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Not Ironically, Halliburton Will Now Use American Smartphones

It's unclear exactly how or why one of America's largest oil energy companies ever decided to require its employees to use Canadian smartphones, but starting this year, Halliburton is going to switch from BlackBerry to iPhone.

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Researchers Suggest The Constitution Is Passé

On Monday, The New York Times reported on a new study that reveals a sad fact: The United States Constitution is no longer cool.

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Madonna's Vogue Ad During the Super Bowl Was Free

As far as shows go, Sunday night's Super Bowl halftime bonanza was a pretty fun one, what with gladiators, glitter, and all that weird 3D stuff happening to the field.

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Science Has Achieved the 3D-Printed Jaw

After an infection ravaged her jawbone, an 83-year-old woman in Belgium became the world's first human being to receive an artificial jaw made with 3D-printing technology. It's made of titanium, and it is awesome.

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BTjunkie Bows Out of the Piracy Business

Only a few weeks after a team of commandos stormed Kim Dotcom's compound outside of Auckland, the file-sharing site BTjunkie is shutting its doors. 

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Struggling Bank of America Considers Liquidating Real Estate

A week after news broke that Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta was facing foreclosure, the financial giant is thinking about selling almost all of its real estate.

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The Feds Quietly Close Lance Armstrong's Doping Investigation

Like it or not, Lance Armstrong is not a criminal -- or at least he won't be considered one anytime soon. In a late Friday press release, the Department of Justice announced that it was going to drop its case against the seven-time Tour de France winner.

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What the Troops in Afghanistan Will Eat On Super Bowl Sunday

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About.com Is Killing The New York Times

Now that the media reporters and commentators have had time to dig through The New York Times Company's latest (troubling) quarterly earnings report, it's apparent that its once SEO-friendly traffic-winning Website About.com is becoming a real danger to the company's bottom line.

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