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iOS 5′s Find My Friends feature wrecks its first marriage

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One of the new apps that Apple released with the new iOS 5 software is Find My Friends, which lets you pinpoint the location of your friends who also use the service. And it just claimed the life of its first marriage.

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Scientists working on tractor beams to reel in astronauts

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In the terrifying event that an astronaut finds themselves floating away from their space station, there’s not a lot they can do. But some scientists are hoping to develop tractor beams, that old sci-fi mainstay, as a way to make sure they can make it …

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This steampunk Xbox controller requires a key to turn on

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This here is a custom Xbox 360 controller mod that replaces plastic with wood, leather and brass. Oh, and the Xbox button in the middle? It’s now a keyhole.

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Buy the DeLorean from Back to the Future III for $600k

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A Hollywood memorabilia shop is set to auction off one of the original DeLoreans used when filming Back to the Future Part III. Want it? That’ll be a cool $600,000.

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Time Warner testing movies on demand right when they hit theaters

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Time Warner is testing out offering movies to viewers at home on demand right when they hit theaters. It’s a test, one that may lead to more such releases if it’s a success.

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Hulu isn’t gonna be sold after all

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After all sorts of hullaballoo over who was going to buy the for-sale Hulu, it looks like the answer is nobody. Hulu is no longer for sale.

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New transplant technique could remove need for immunosuppressant

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One of the biggest downsides to organ transplants is that once someone receives a transplant, they’ve gotta stay on immunosuppressant drugs for life. Those powerful drugs prevent the recipient’s body from rejecting the new organs, but they have some pr…

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Watch these crazy guys fly up on top of an elevator and jump

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These three guys decided that they wanted to jump off the top of the Gran Hotel Bali in Benidorm, Spain. The easiest way up? On top of the exterior elevator, naturally.

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Who needs pockets when you have an iPhone belt buckle holder?

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This here is a $300 belt buckle that doubles as an iPhone case, because of course it is.

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The LG Doubleplay sticks a second screen in the middle of the keyboard

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Here’s a strange phone design: the LG Doubleplay is a boring-looking Android phone with a slide-out keyboard, until you notice that there’s a small touchscreen smack-dab in the middle of that keyboard.

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Apple releases Airport Utility App for iOS 5

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If you’re downloading the just-released iOS 5 for your iPhone, Apple has a new goodie for you to play with: the new AirPort Utility App.

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HP and Conde Nast team up for print-at-home magazines

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Magazines have seen their profits and sales numbers go downhill ever since the internet came along, but they’re not about to go down without swinging. The latest plan to save magazines? Print-your-own magazines. Uh, OK.

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The Xbox 360 is now selling twice as fast as the Wii

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Remember when the Nintendo Wii was an absolute powerhouse on the sales charts? When Microsoft and Sony couldn’t come close to touching it? Well, those days are over.

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Game changer: Nissan develops 10-minute quick car recharger

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One of the biggest downsides of electric vehicles is the recharge time; rather than fill up at a gas station for a couple of minutes, you need to leave the car plugged in overnight. But Nissan has developed a new method that requires only 10 minutes to…

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First iPhone 4S hands-on shows the speedier browser, Siri features

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The iPhone 4S doesn’t come out for another few days, but it looks like someone in China already has one, and they were nice enough to make a video showing off a couple of things on the new phone.

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Here’s a 56-pound Lego model of a Battlestar Galactica ship

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This is impressive: it’s a gigantic model of an obscure ship seen only briefly in the first episode of Battlestar Galactica with a frame made entirely of Lego bricks.

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U.S. military’s unmanned drones hit by a virus

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Here’s the problem with running a fleet of unmanned, remote-controlled drones: they’re susceptible to viruses, just like a normal computer. And the entire U.S. fleet was just hit with one that they’re still trying to figure out.

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The iMaschine app is like having a music studio in your pocket

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Well, this is impressive. the iMaschine app is like having a full music studio in your pocket, combining a sampler, sequencer, and audio processor into one program that you can use to make full songs on the fly.

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Sprint is moving its 4G network to LTE

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When Sprint first moved towards a 4G network, it settled on WiMAX, which has ended up not catching on nearly as much as LTE has. LTE is the wireless tech that both Verizon and AT&T are building, so now Sprint has decided to follow their lead.

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AT&T will offer the fastest iPhone 4S connectivity

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Apple says that the S in the iPhone 4S stands for “speed,” partly because its new HSDPA chipset allows for greatly improved download speeds. But those speeds will only be possible on AT&T.

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Original Siri Assistant app to shut down on October 15

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Apple’s new Siri functionality is based on an app that’s been available for some time called Siri Assistant. If you have that app, enjoy it while it lasts, as it’s shutting down on the 15th.

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