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Google Search Is About to Get a Lot Better [Google]

For the last couple of months, Google's been testing a new search architecture called Caffeine—a back-end upgrade, but one that changes the results in virtually any search. Today, Lifehacker gets word that Caffeine is ready to go live in Google proper. So what does this mean, exactly? Well...

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Is Choosing a Prosthesis So Different than Picking a Pair of Glasses? [Aimee Mullins]

I think technology has evolved enough to let us be earnest about the fact that a consumer of a prosthetic is the same consumer buying an iPod or glasses or a couch for their house. You want options. Obviously, the role of a prosthetic is one far more intimate than that of a couch, and being fitte...

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Hahahaha! Blockbuster Renting Movies on SD Cards! Hahahahaha! From Kiosks! [Movies]

Oh, I hope whatever exec came up with this idea scores a huge bonus. Blockbuster is piloting a new program that will load a DRM'd movie rentals onto an SD card from a kiosk. The future! So say you're at the airport. You want to rent, I dunno, some movie that wasn't good enough to see in the theat...

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Razer's No-Frills Abyssus Gaming Mouse Needs More Frills [Mice]

I'm a minimalist when it comes to mouse bling, but for $50, Razer's Abyssus is a little too lean—there aren't even any thumb buttons—just raw 3500DPI tracking and a 1ms response time with on-the-fly adjustment. SteelSeries' Kinzu pulls off the bargain gaming mouse gambit way better, a...

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Droid Does Higher Res Video Streaming With New Qik App [Droid]

Droid records video at an impressive 720x480 resolution—it's certainly more impressive than its photo prowess anyway—and streaming service Qik's the first take advantage of that higher resolution, allowing full res streams later tonight with a beta release. [MobileCrunch] ...

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New Spacecraft Uses Solar Wind to Propel its Sails [Space]

A new spacecraft is being launched in about a year, one designed to travel across the solar system. But instead of using rockets to propel itself, it uses sails. Sails pushed by light. Starlight carries not only energy but momentum. Comet tails, for example, are the result of light blowing dust o...

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