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Oatmeal Creator Crashes Indiegogo To Address Lawsuit, Raises $20,000 In 64 Minutes

The creator of a popular online comic fights a lawsuit by raising money on IndieGoGo, which crashes the site.

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The Technology Behind the Technology in Prometheus Steals the Show

Prometheus, the prequel to the Alien film franchise, opened this weekend in theaters across North America. Although the fictional technology in the film is impressive, the real technology that was used to create the 3D universe in Prometheus steals the show.

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Lookin’ At My Lumps? Tech Makes “Keys,” Other Shapes Rise Up From A Touchscreen

Tactus Technology says it has developed a system that can actually raise portions of a device’s screen to create a QWERTY keyboard, a traditional phone interface, or almost anything else.

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Editorial: Hey, Paul Graham, It’s Not About Facebook

Y Combinator founder Paul Graham tells portfolio companies to prepare for some lean times. Facebook did not need to be his whipping boy.

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Adventures in Airtime: What Seven Strangers Think of the Service

Napster co-founders Sean Parker and Sean Fanning are working together again to push the boundaries of video on the Internet. We called up seven strangers on Airtime to see what they thought of the new service.

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Nintendo Finally Caters To More Serious Gamers, But Is It Too Late?

During today’s E3 press conference Nintendo announced that some recent triple A titles will be making their way to the company’s upcoming console, the Wii U, but will it be enough to bring serious gamers back?

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Alex Banayan: The World’s Youngest Venture Capitalist…Probably

When Alex Banayan was made an associate for Alsop Louie Partners this winter at age 19, he likely became the world’s youngest venture capitalist.

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Microsoft Pairs Xbox With Mobile Devices Using SmartGlass

At its E3 press conference today, Microsoft unveiled a recently rumored mobile integration service for the Xbox called SmartGlass.

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Why Dwolla Is Going To Beat PayPal At Its Own Game

Online payments platform Dwolla is going to steal away PayPal’s core product while PayPal gets lured into the mobile payments business.

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What Startups Can Learn From Sun Tzu’s The Art Of War

What do Zynga, Facebook, 37Signals, Clicky, and Y Combinator all have in common? They exemplify ancient Chinese war strategies in their daily operations.

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