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My iPhone 5s got a V-8
(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) For the last week, my iPhone has been sporting a case designed to look like an engine's head gasket. The maker, Id America, calls it a V-8, but as I've only got one phone, it's a four-banger. The Gasket V8 case, as ID America calls it, is a nice variation ...
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Pac-Mania alive and well
(Credit: Getty Images) We missed the official anniversary by a couple of days -- mark the calendar for May 22 -- but let's not close the week without taking a moment to mark Pac-Man's remarkable status as a cultural icon. In the 33 years since the game's creator, Toru Iwatani, saw his invention make it into the market for the first time, Pac-Man has become a reference point ...
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State Court Can Order Custodial Parent To Release Exemption
Dependency exemptions seem to take on a role in divorce negotiations that is out of proportion to their economic significance. Given the time that sometimes goes in to negotiating them, it is amazing how often the details get blown. If the custodial parent does not provide the non-custodial parent ...
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Aspens Best-Kept Secret Backcountry Huts
backcountry skiing. Was I ready for it? As a Colorado resident transplanted from the Deep South, I had more ambition than experience in the snowy wilderness. But an avalanche safety class and a group of knowledgeable friends gave me the confidence to head out on my first hut trip. Colorado is home to several systems of backcountry huts that are reachable in the summer by hiking and biking and ...
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Giving Low-Wage Workers a Pathway out of Poverty
parking lots at 5:30 in the morning, talking to men hoping to get a gig in construction for the day. "I saw plenty of desperate people looking for work," she says. Those conversations, and other research, gave her an idea. Hotels, restaurants, contractors and the like in the area often used temporary staffing companies to fill dishwasher and other low-skilled jobs. For these ...
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Call of Juarez Gunslinger Review
Techland's shooter franchise, Call of Juarez, had a bit of a stain to shake from its legacy. The 2011 entry, Call of Juarez: The Cartel, left a bad taste in fans' mouths, and with good reason. The game's transition from the wild west to modern Mexico seemed out of place and, frankly, tacky. Fortunately, Techland's Call of Juarez: Gunslinger takes us back to the wild west and ...
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Mind the Mind to Lead
here . How do you explain the different parental choices made in these two situations? How did one envision a future for their severely disabled child and the other see nothing but suffering and despair? Says Ami Sano's mother Hatsumi: "We had some difficult times, but I believe those experiences helped my daughter become a person with a kind heart. Twenty years sounds long, but it ...
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The Advice Top Leaders Wish Theyd Received At Graduation
Earlier this week, some of the world's most accomplished leaders took to LinkedIn to offer the graduating class of 2013 some pearls of wisdom. In the form of real, abridged or theoretical commencement addresses, they dished out advice they wish they had received when they were just starting out Last ...
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Meet New Ashoka Fellow Susan Sygall
Susan Sygall . Every day this week, we'll publish a new Fellow profile and an accompanying video so you can get to know them and discover their ...
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The 30 Most Popular Celebrity Gossip Sites And Why Big Brands Love Them
So, it's come to this. We are now so celebrity-obsessed that when someone orders a baby shower invitation, celebrity gossip websites and advertisers think it is important. This brings me on to Heather Graham. HollywoodTuna.com tells us that she is having a Busty European Hangover, alongside an advert for Acura. I dare say that you would expect HT to say something even more rambunctious ...
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Hedge Funds in Retirement Plans Dont Bother
ordinary investors need help . Specifically, that they need protection from the downside of the market, which seems to show up every few years like clockwork. Hedge managers love crazy markets. Their aim in life is to ride those rogue waves to ever-higher peaks while avoiding the crashes in between. Goldman's spin is to take the concept to the retail market. They don't expect anyone ...
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Cut the Hassles of Summer Travel
There's a lot that can go wrong on a summer vacation. You can pay too much for a plane ticket, get stuck in a lousy hotel or get sick in a foreign country. The best way to reduce your odds of having a vacation nightmare is to plan ahead and know how to work the system. If you're looking for a travel deal, like to cruise and aren't worried about a rash of recent problems at ...
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Motherhood and Trading Are Doable
If a man will never share it, how can Jones know what it does to a woman's psyche? Paul Tudor Jones is a macro trader of obvious skill and intellect, but I wonder if he has even considered the possibility that his statement might not hold water over time. One could have said something similar years ago about doctors. Today there are just as many women graduating medical school as men. ...
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US dollar closes higher at NT$30.025 on Taipei forex
TAIPEI -- The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Thursday, gaining NT$0.065 to close at NT$30.025 as foreign institutional investors shifted to the sell side of the local market, which lifted demand for the greenback, dealers ...
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Why Waze is a hot takeover target
So why is there so much buzz about Waze? The company, which initially launched in Israel, provides crowdsourced information. Users can wave their hands over their mobile device while driving to vocally report traffic or hazardous conditions. Updating in real time based on that information, the app delivers accurate assessments of current traffic, road closures, and alternative routes ...
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Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million
victims , served more than 16,000 meals and snacks and given out more than 3,000 relief items like shovels, toiletries and trash bags. The Salvation Army has raised another $4.3 million, and donations made to individual victims or nonprofits ...
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The 404 1275 Where we give Tony Hale a hand
We're very proud to have actor Tony Hale on the show today. You know him from Arrested Development and Veep, and he'll tell us about auditioning for Buster, the Internet's hand in the success of the show, and the cinematic future of the ...
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Android 4.3 pops up in the wild after skipping Google IO
Android 4.3 is forthcoming soon has been leaking out slowly. Now, the first photos of the next sweet iteration of the mobile OS running on a device have been spotted. It looks to be a new flavor of Jelly Bean rather than the whole slice of Key Lime Pie. Photos that appear to show ...
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Sling Belkin settle patent dispute over place-shifting tech
Sling in January accused Belkin and another rival, Monsoon, of infringing on patents used in its Slingbox device that lets users watch and control their home TV from ...
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How to learn the periodic table in 3 minutes
(Credit: Video screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia) In high school science classes, students are encouraged to memorize the first 20 elements of the periodic table. There are other methods employed at the university level for all 118 -- many students swear by mnemonics. When it comes to tremendously catchy fun, though, a new song ...
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Microsoft Explains the Xbox Ones Cloud-Enhanced Graphics
IDG News Service - While Microsoft's next-generation Xbox One will have plenty of power on its own, sometimes it might opt for a little help from the ...
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What we think we know about what Microsoft isn’t saying about the Xbox One
For all of the things Microsoft has revealed about the Xbox One this week, the company has evaded and dismissed just as many important questions and concerns about the console. In an effort to clear the air, we've pieced together the best available information on three of these important issues while we wait for Microsoft to offer more ...
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Yahoo joins growing list of bidders for Hulu -sources
By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES | Fri May 24, 2013 2:55pm EDT LOS ANGELES May 24 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News Corp and Walt Disney Co, two sources with knowledge of the bid told Reuters on Friday. Yahoo just this week announced a $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr. ...
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Delta ups the ante in battle for NY travel market
NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines is opening a $1.4 billion terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, strengthening its hand in the battle for the lucrative New York travel market.The expanded concourse offers sweeping views of the airport, upscale food and shopping options and increased seating.It replaces a decrepit terminal built by Pan Am in 1960 that was an embarrassing way to welcome ...
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The Hidden Work-Life Balance Crisis Among Entrepreneurs
In the work-life balance conversation for entrepreneurs, there are two camps; those who acknowledge the need for work-life balance and those who see work-life balance as a hindrance to one's career. Each side hits on truth from a different ...
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Rhode Island offshore wind farm contraversey
There is division in the ranks over a wind farm planned for construction off Block Island, while officials in the state government have accused future surveys for potential new sites of lacking in scope.
Deepwater Wind is becoming a controversial name in Rhode Island over plans to build an off shore wind farm just off the coast of Rhode Island. While not as controversial as Deepwater Horizon, the BP oil rig that caused the mess in the Gulf of Mexico, the renewable energy plans of Deepwater Wind are certainly raising some hackles. Read more
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