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23.05.2012 14:48
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Lower House gets own shooting rangesTwo shooting ranges have been set up inside the State Duma in central Moscow, allowing MPs to hone their weapons skills for free. |
21.05.2012 20:23
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Morpheus Mask: Be your own dream driverWhat would you do if you could control your dreams? It is a question that has tantalized sages and philosophers for ages. Now, two hip millennials from Brooklyn have created a mask that will put you in the driver’s seat of your own lucid dream. |
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20.05.2012 22:42
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Farmville reinvented: Internet gardens bring real fruitsImagine having your own garden, where you can grow fruit and veg without picking up a spade, or even leaving your desk. This is the reality for Muscovites, who can bear real fruits from their Internet gardens. |
12.05.2012 17:58
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No strings attached: Man inserts magnets into wrist to hold iPod (PHOTOS)How far can you go to worship your favorite Apple device? A man from New Jersey demonstrated whimsical creativity as he inserted tiny magnets into his arm to hold his iPod Nano. |
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03.05.2012 18:44
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I believe I can fly: Jetman soars over Rio (VIDEO)Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy, known as Jetman, has performed another breathtaking flight. This time he spread his wings over Rio de Janeiro. |
23.04.2012 21:39
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‘Prototype’ quadrotor brings death and destruction from aboveSo, ‘guns don’t kill people, people do?’ Not for long. At least that's what the author of this incredible video says. A remote-controlled quadrotor equipped with a machine gun and a self-destruct module is indeed a deadly weapon of the future. |
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19.04.2012 22:14
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Coupe Snoop: Congress wants all cars to be equipped with recording devicesThe federal government is about to become the country’s worst backseat driver. Congress wants to put tracking devices in the car of every American, and that’s not even the scariest provision in a new bill being passed around Washington. |
13.04.2012 21:55
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Philippe Starck’s next monumental design: a new Apple TV?Apple is expected to unleash a product before the year’s end unlike anything they’ve ever released, and world renowned designer Philippe Starck has confirmed that he has been working close with the company on the item for the last eight years. |
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06.04.2012 04:54
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Flying car unveiled: Impressive, possibly impractical (VIDEO, PHOTOS)For decades science fiction writers, and their more practical cousins, engineers, have dreamt of building a flying car. Now that one is about to arrive on the market, the real question emerges: what are flying cars actually for? |
24.03.2012 14:14
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Big Brother may now single you out from the massesBlending into the background may become a thing of the past. A new Japanese security camera has the ability to search millions of faces with one click. An image captured on the Orwellian invention can also search other databases to track people. |
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Brazilian schoolchildren forced to wear tracking chips to combat truancyThose who worry about technology eroding human rights have long predicted that it’s only a matter of time until a person’s every movement is tracked by the authorities. Now that time has come – with 20,000 Brazilian schoolchildren being “chipped.” |
20.03.2012 19:09
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Drones to host Pirate Bay servers flying over intl watersControversial file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has had more than its share of legal troubles over the past few years – investigations, raids, fines. Now the site has come up with a radical new plan: hosting its servers on unmanned flying drones. |
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17.03.2012 08:04
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In America, TV watches you: CIA to spy on people through household itemsWith a growing number of ‘smart gadgets,’ spying on homes may start to become much easier. In fact, CIA Chief David Petraeus admitted that Americans were effectively bugging themselves and making it easy for spy agencies to peek in on their lives. |
09.03.2012 01:58
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Occupy Wall Street: The video gameIt’s a team-building exercise that's both built in a box on wheels and battery-powered; it’s one part Pong, two parts cooperation and arguably addictive enough to occupy hours of your time. Occupy Wall Street |
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08.03.2012 03:46
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Shutter, then shudder. Spy-app sends smartphone pics to policeSnitching has eventually entered the digital age thanks to a new smartphone app that lets anyone, anywhere tell the police: “Hey! That’s kind of weird!” |
07.03.2012 19:57
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Naked truth: TSA nude scanner exposed – 'you can sneak anything past them!' (VIDEO)A blogger has shown that all the Transport Safety Association’s controversial nude body scanners and much-too-personal pat downs are not effective in the least, as more and more people in the US speak out against the “advanced” security measures. |
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Senator asks for FTC probe on Apple and AndroidA Senator from New York State is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate if the privacy policies users must agree to on iPhone and Android devices really do much at all to protect the customer’s personal information. |
28.02.2012 15:47
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Google Wanted: $1 million to hack ChromeThe IT giant Google has offered hackers a reward of up to $1 million for pinpointing vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser. |
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22.02.2012 02:56
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Google got around Microsoft's privacy policies tooIf you read the recent reports that explain how Google exploited a flaw in Apple’s mobile browser to potential spy on its users, you might have wondered if you were among the victims. As it turns out, engineers at Microsoft pondered the same thing. |
20.02.2012 00:06
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Terror from the deep: Russian zap cannons go for bigger fishHijackers and suicide bombers can be stopped with checkpoints and metal detectors. But how do you fend off underwater terrorists? Russian security services have found the answer: hi-tech electric stun cannons. |


















