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Parking Jerks Beware!

Posted by Nic Halverson Fri May 25, 2012 09:29 AM ET | 0

Moscow-based online newspaper creates app that aims to humiliate 'Parking Douches' into changing their ways. Read more

US Moves to Contain Mad Cow Fallout

Posted Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:32 PM ET | 0

The United States scrambled on Wednesday to contain the fallout from the discovery of mad cow disease in California. Read more

Citizen Journalism App Inspired by Arab Spring

Posted by Christina Ortiz Tue Apr 17, 2012 08:18 AM ET | 0

Photos and headlines are uploaded by users and ranked by voters to spread the latest news. Read more

Citizen Journalism App Inspired by Arab Spring

Less-Lethal Weapon, More Bang For Your Buck

Posted by Nic Halverson Fri Mar 9, 2012 08:03 PM ET | 0

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approves the "Non-Lethal Weapon Mount With Modular Weapon Components." Read more

Less-Lethal Weapon, More Bang For Your Buck

Mozilla Watching Google Watch You

Posted by Nic Halverson Thu Mar 1, 2012 02:51 PM ET | 0

A new Firefox add-on lets you watch Big Brother right back. Read more

Facebook Throws a Lifeline to Users

Posted by Christina Ortiz Wed Dec 14, 2011 03:39 PM ET | 0

Facebook and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline collaborated to offer live chat sessions with crisis counselors on the site. Read more

Online Game Does Real World Good

Posted by Christina Ortiz Mon Dec 5, 2011 02:50 PM ET | 0

This social online game has partnered with 12 nonprofits to raise money for children in need. Read more

'Occupy Wall Street': Why It Chose Tumblr

Posted by Jesse Emspak Thu Oct 6, 2011 01:39 PM ET | 0

The hybrid blogging platform allows users to post photos, videos and messages and share with people they don't know. Read more

Dead Sea Hosts Mass Nude Photo Shoot

Posted Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:42 AM ET | 0

U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick photographed 1,200 naked Israelis and tourists to raise awareness about the Dead Sea drying up. Read more

Libyan Rebels Flying High With Minidrone

Posted by Nic Halverson Fri Aug 26, 2011 05:23 PM ET | 0

Canadian defense firm, Aeryon Labs outfits Libyan Transitional National Council forces with Scout surveillance drone. Read more

Libyan Rebels Flying High With Minidrone

A.I.-Based Service Nixes Gadget Buyers' Remorse

Posted by Scott Tharler Fri Jul 22, 2011 07:20 AM ET | 0

Helpful site finds the best time to buy devices based on their life cycles. Read more

A.I.-Based Service Nixes Gadget Buyers' Remorse

Bin Laden Attack Live-Tweeted; Read the Tweets

Posted by Lori Cuthbert Mon May 2, 2011 12:44 PM ET | 0

A tweeter in the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was killed, Abbottabad, inadvertently live-tweeted U.S. special forces' attack on bin Laden's compound. Read his tweets, bottom up. Read more

Controversial Apps Get the Axe

Posted by Nic Halverson Fri Mar 25, 2011 02:04 PM ET | 0

Apps promising "gay cure" and DUI checkpoint alerts were pulled from app stores. Read more

Volunteers Report Radiation Levels Online

Posted by Tracy Staedter Tue Mar 22, 2011 03:48 PM ET | 0

Citizens equipped with hand-held Geiger counters are part of a grass-roots effort to monitor and report information not always readily available from the government. Read more