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Classic Videogames Mutate in 'Game Over' Art Show

11. March 2010 - 2:00
Street Fighter gets bendy. Ms. Pac-Man hops a tandem bike. And plenty of other classic characters get similarly strange treatments in Giant Robot's videogame-inspired exhibit.


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Classmates.com's Facebook Mimicking Prompts Privacy Suit

11. March 2010 - 0:30
Angry users sue Classmates.com after it decides to make previously private data public, just as Facebook did in December. Will its defense be, "I learned it from watching you, Zuck?"


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Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side' Eclipses Concept Album Classics

10. March 2010 - 23:52
With its heady mix of heavy themes and technology, The Dark Side of the Moon remains the best concept album ever, even 37 years after its release. Plus: 10 more concept albums in Dark Side's shadow that deserve a slice of the spotlight.


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'Galactica: Sabotage' Creator Discusses Her Brilliant Beastie Boys Sci-Fi Mashup

10. March 2010 - 22:58
A YouTube artist whips up a precise, shot-for-shot re-creation of Spike Jonze's amazing music video using clips from the late, great Battlestar Galactica.


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European Parliament Rips Global IP Accord

10. March 2010 - 21:56
European Parliament is coming out in opposition to a U.S.-backed intellectual property treaty accord, and is demanding the treaty's secret text become public.


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Google Launches Web Store for Cloud-Based Apps

10. March 2010 - 21:30
App stores aren't just for mobile phones anymore. Google has launched a store that lets Google Apps customers add third-party browser-based apps to their existing stack of Google's productivity tools.


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Apple Beware: Dell (With A Little Help From Amazon and Google) is Taking on iTunes

10. March 2010 - 21:19
The formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently poised to give iTunes the first serious run for its money just as the iPad is about to take Apple’s downloadable media megastore where no computer has gone before.


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Google's Schmidt: China Negotiations Should End 'Soon'

10. March 2010 - 21:07
Google is actively negotiating with China over web censorship according to CEO Eric Schmidt.


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No-Fly List Includes the Dead

10. March 2010 - 20:40
Even though people might be dying to get off the government's no-fly list, it includes names of the dead on purpose. Following the "Underwear Bomber" incident Christmas day the list has ballooned.


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Playlist: Gorillaz, Freelance Whales and a Tribute to Mark Linkous

10. March 2010 - 20:28
Hear a track from Dark Night of the Soul, a collaboration between the late Sparklehorse leader, David Lynch and Danger Mouse. Also on the podcast: more music from The Ferocious Few, Flying Lotus and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings.


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Big Designers Find Satisfaction in Small Games

10. March 2010 - 20:26
Moving away from high-budget blockbusters to scaled-down treasures built by small teams proves enticing to veteran videogame developers. Part of the appeal: A nostalgic remembrance of the early days of game development.


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Brain Scans Depict Damage From Gulf War Syndrome

10. March 2010 - 20:17
A massive effort to understand Gulf War Syndrome finds physiological differences in the brains of healthy veterans and those suffering from Gulf War Syndrome.


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Half-Cocked? Hermaphrochickens Challenge Gender Identity

10. March 2010 - 20:00
Funky chickens that are half male and half female reveal a different biological system for gender determination.


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Multitasking Earbuds Stress Great Design, Not Sound

10. March 2010 - 19:50
Cool looking and inexpensive, the Remix earbud from VMODA doesn't quite deliver solid sound quality.


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iPad Could See 50 Tablet Rivals This Year

10. March 2010 - 19:20
Microprocessor company ARM says there will be more than 50 new tablets launching worldwide to compete with the iPad.


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MotoCzysz Puts the Sizzle in Electric Motorcycles

10. March 2010 - 19:07
Strange name. Sexy bike. And it's headed for the racetrack.


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Mach 6 Cruise Missile, Ready for Prime Time?

10. March 2010 - 17:42
This spring, the Air Force was preparing for a groundbreaking test of the X-51 WaveRider, a hypersonic cruise missile that would reach speeds of up to Mach 6. But it looks like the WaveRider’s debut flight will have to wait while some technical issues are addressed.


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10 Movies That Should Never, Ever Be Converted to 3D

10. March 2010 - 16:39
Why, really, did the 3D movie trend start? Does anybody remember, before the trend began, thinking 'You know the problem with movies? They’re too two-dimensional?' Anyway, some work, and some don't and some would be bad ideas. Here are 10 that should never be attempted.


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Call Me Google. (And Call Me, Google)

10. March 2010 - 15:23
Google's announcement that it intends to build and test super fast fiber-optic broadband networks in a few communities around the US has a few communities in the US pulling out all the stops to be selected with some attention-getting stunts that scream to the search giant "Pick me! Pick ME!"


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Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes

10. March 2010 - 6:01
With a click of a mouse, cyclists can get the quickest, and flattest, route between Point A and Point B.


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