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Your first girlfriend –and the other things search engines store about you

nolz — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:59:12 +0000

What if there were a giant database that contained your hidden insecurities, embarrassing medical questions and the fact that you still think from time to time about your high school girlfriend? Well, such a data store does exist — if you’ve ever plugged such private topics into a search engine. The fact is, search engines such as Google, Yahoo an

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15 Ways to Keep Your Brain in Shape

nolz — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:39:29 +0000

It’s simple. Your brain is at the center of everything you do. It
’s both the supercomputer that runs your complex life and the tender organ that houses your soul. By engaging in the right activities, you can increase your memory, improve your problem-solving skills, and boost your creativity.

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3-D Graffiti with Light!

nolz — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:24:59 +0000

Using LED glowsticks, flashlights, even fireworks, combined with time-lapse photography, Light graffiti artists create a unique tagging that wraps around objects dimensionally, allowing them to tag in a way they’d never be able to with spraypaint. Very cool!

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PC World – 100 blogs we love

nolz — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:52:48 +0000

Here are our favorite stops in the blogosphere, covering everything from high tech to low comedy and all manner of pursuits in between.

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New anti-speeding ad tells speeders their small penis is why they speed

nolz — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:53:42 +0000

Young men who speed do so because they have a small penis – or so the new RTA road safety campaign implies. Ads from the $1.9 million campaign – which targets speeding among 17- to 25-year-olds – aired for the first time on TV last night. They show onlookers who see speeding male drivers wiggling their pinkie fingers.

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Apple’s iPhone casts big shadow on cell industry

nolz — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:37:41 +0000

If the device — a melding of phone, Web browser and music and video player — is a hit, analysts say it will cut into market share of major phonemakers, including Schaumburg-based Motorola.
As if struggling cell phone-maker Motorola Inc. doesn’t have enough to worry about: Here comes the iPhone, heir to the mighty iPod, brainchild of tech .

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Why women stare at crotches

nolz — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:05:27 +0000

Study finds guys not so naughty, gals not so noble

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25 Alternative Uses for Olive Oil

nolz — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:17:19 +0000

Olive oil also has plenty of uses around your home, outside of the saut
é pan. There’s no need to waste your expensive Greek or Spanish Extra Virgin for these tasks, just grab a bottle of inexpensive, domestic olive oil for around-the-house use and start using it to shave, lubricate, and stop snoring.

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5 Year Old Thinks Heroin is Candy, Passes It Out At Daycare

nolz — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:16:55 +0000

Earlier this week, a Daycare Center in Buffalo was closed because six children at a local daycare center were given heroin by another student who thought it was candy. Teachers quickly learned the child was actually doling out heroin and called police immediately.

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How a Motherboard is Made

nolz — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:25:12 +0000

Gigabyte Technology, one of the largest motherboard manufacturers in Taiwan, hosted a factory tour at its facility, inviting journalists out to give them a brief overview of the company and explain how their factory worked.

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