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TopBooksFor And The Power Of Crowd Content

TopBooksFor is a new site featuring content that is entirely crowd-created, allowing users to create and vote on lists of their favorite books.

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This Isn’t The First Time Google Has Fought Malware User-By-User

Google is embarking on a quest to notify the owners of 500,000 infected computers that, unless they take action, their internet will be shut off on July 19th.

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Write Code On The Fly With New Worqshop for iPad

Worqshop, created by Australian-based Worqbench, allows developers to import projects and commit code easily while on the go directly from their iPad.

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Is That Avocado Ripe? Scan It With Your Smartphone

According to German researchers, savvy grocery shoppers will use their smartphones at the supermarket not to check pricing or nutritional information but to scan the interior of actual fruits, vegetables, and meats to detect freshness and chemical balance.

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Author Douglas Coupland Debuts A Utility Pole For The Wireless Age

Douglas Coupland has created a new urban landmark that will provide wireless internet access and green charging services using the smallest possible environmental footprint.

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Kinect SDK Update Adds Face Tracking, Language Support, Overall Improvements

This week the Kinect for Windows team released a blog post detailing many new features available to developers in a new 1.5 software development kit update.

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New Tiny Computer Is Almost As Cheap, Almost As Small As Raspberry Pi

Taiwanese hardware manufacturer VIA announced a $49, Android-powered PC system Tuesday that invites comparison to the diminutive Raspberry Pi.

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Accelerator Scorecard Part II

Excelerate has been very successful in finding, funding and supporting young Chicago companies. But as successful as Excelerate has been on that front, there haven’t yet been any grand slam successes.

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Google’s Motorola Acquisition Is About Android

Search giant Google closed a deal today to acquire consumer electronics developer Motorola, Inc., in a bid to reemphasize the company’s commitment to Android

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US Navy Launches MMO Wargame To Help Brainstorm Energy Solutions

On Tuesday The Navy will begin a three day massively multiplayer online brainstorming game, in which players will earn points for creating and discussing energy solutions.

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