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Man against machine: Chess, Jeopardy. What will be the next challenge?

IBM's Watson @ Jeopardy

In May 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue Supercomputer won a fascinating match with the reigning World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov. In January 2011, IBM’s Watson handily defeated the two Jeopardy champions during a demonstration round. In February, Watson will compete against Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter over three nights. This is another progress in

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Carbonfiberskin.tk’s DIY Carbon Fiber HTC EVO Skin Review

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Carbonfiberskin.tk offers a pre-cut, sharp-looking carbon fiber skin for the HTC EVO 4G’s back cover for $25. Not a bad deal, but they also offer a ‘DIY’ option for a mere $5- that looks like it would fit a lot of things nicely! The question is “How easy is it to install and customize?” I

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Convert Your Old Vinyl Albums to Digital Files with the iPod Turntable from The Sharper Image

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Do you have a lot of old vinyl albums and you just can’t imagine the cost to replace them with CDs or digital files?  The Sharper Image has the iPod Turntable that let’s you convert your vinyl to MP3 files and store them directly on your iPod or iPhone – no computer needed.  It does

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WALLS 360 launches STAR TREK wall graphics

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Walls 360 is a company that offers large ‘stickers’ for your walls. They sell various designs, but also give the consumer the option to upload their own graphics. So that’s cool, but what’s even better is the fact that they are now offering lifesize wall decals of the original Star Trek characters and graphics. They

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Retrofit your gloves for touchscreens with Digits

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We love our capacitive touchscreens, but they are essentially useless while wearing gloves.  Most of the solutions out there involve gloves with some type of integrated conductive pads in the fingertips.  The social design site Quirky has a bit different flavor with their Digits product.  Made of conductive silicone, they have a metal pin on

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