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Jigsaw program

Puzzle-solving program assembles 10,000-piece jigsaw in a day

It's not enough that our robots clean our rooms and cook our meals — soon they'll do our puzzles for us, too. Andy Gallagher, a researcher a... Read more

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Windows Phone 8

Microsoft: 'Amazing games coming to Windows Phone 8'

At its Windows Phone Summit Wednesday, Microsoft showed off its new mobile operating system and in doing so highlighted how Windows Phone 8 ... Read more

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Twitter

Twitter makes stalking celebs a little less messy

Do you ever go to someone's actual Twitter profile, in search of a tweet, and instead find a messy pile of replies and other chatter? Well, ... Read more

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Apple

Some may be unable to access Apple's iCloud services

Uh oh! According to a status message on Apple's iCloud support page, some folks may be unable to access the service. There aren't too many d... Read more

3 hrs.

Swype

Swype keyboard for Android gets advanced next-word prediction and more

Here's some good news for users of Swype, the popular alternative keyboard for Android. The app has gotten a significant update, adding adva... Read more

3 hrs.

live tiles

Windows Phone 8 adds navigation, custom-size tiles, shared Windows code

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced features of its upcoming Windows Phone 8 mobile OS, including built-in turn-by-turn navigation, a secure "... Read more

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Scammers intentionally write lousy emails — here's why

How often have you gotten an email from a troubled prince, a long-lost relative or a distressed damsel, and instantly sent it to the trash? ... Read more

6 hrs.

S.W.A.T.

Virtual S.W.A.T. 

High-tech SWAT team training combines Hollywood magic and video games. Catherine Ross reports.  Read more

8 hrs.

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Samsung Galaxy S III review: Good -- but not perfect

At least two heads turned when I received my Samsung Galaxy S III recently. How could they not when I loudly exclaimed — alright, practicall... Read more

21 hrs.

ShadowHand

Robotic fingertips are more sensitive than a human's

Two researchers from USC published a study Monday describing a new kind of robotic sensor, modeled on the human finger, that can feel, explo... Read more

22 hrs.

map ad

Facebook prepping location-specific advertising for mobiles

Facebook is on the verge of creating an advertising scheme for the social network that relies on real-time location data from mobile phones.... Read more

22 hrs.

Microsoft's Surface tablet

Why Microsoft has to build its own tablet 

Microsoft has to do it. That's what I keep telling myself. In order to convert people from the cloud-powered "ecosystems" of Apple or Google... Read more

1 day

Burritobot

Burritobot is a precision tortilla-filling machine

Marko Manriquez, a grad student at NYU, has chosen a topic for his Masters thesis that many wish they could have investigated more thoroughl... Read more

1 day

Doom 3

'Doom' returns bigger, badder, Hellspawnier than ever

Talk about a blast from the past. Just in time for Halloween, the ground-breaking "Doom" franchise is going to make a big, bad return to gam... Read more

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sharplede

Sharp launches world's biggest LCD HDTV -- 90 inches

Sharp, the maker of LCD panels, copiers, microwaves and other consumer electronics products, just broke the consumer LCD HDTV size and pric... Read more

1 day

Facebook

What happens when you report something on Facebook

It's easy to click the "report" button on Facebook, but what exactly happens once you do? The social network's safety team has a handy-dandy... Read more

1 day

Spotify

Spotify's new radio feature lets you stream an unlimited amount of music ... for free

On Tuesday, Spotify announced a new (and free) radio feature which could tempt folks way from good ol' Pandora and other competing music str... Read more

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via BuzzFeed

Pre-caffeine tech: Surface tablets, Nic Cage cats!

Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need... Read more