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As a someone who loves driving, I welcome the driverless car future

Dec04
by on December 4, 2014 at 12:13 am
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider

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I love cars. I love driving them. I love working on them. I get unnaturally excited when looking at the specs of a new vehicle that I’ll probably never drive. Even now I hassle car journalists (some of whom are long-time friends) about the cars they drive usually lamenting about on-board computers taking over the task of driving. I personally am not a fan of traction control, I feel it takes away from the driving experience and gives drivers a false sense of their ability to actually drive safely. I’ve only recently come around on anti-lock brakes and that’s because of safety.…

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Duck face, lolcat and respawn are among the new terms added to OxfordDictionaries.com

Dec04
by on December 4, 2014 at 12:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Language is always evolving, and as such the things we consider to be ‘real words’ change too. On that note, Oxford Dictionaries is announcing the addition of 1,000 new entries to its OxfordDictionaries.com website, the largest quarterly addition it’s ever made. Among the newcomers are choice internet slang for Instagram users like lolcat, duck face and man crush. Gamers get their spotlight with the additions of reswpan and permadeath. Then there are other highlights like Secret Santa, ‘the ant’s pants’ and Obamacare. It’s important to note these additions aren’t actually being added to the Oxford English Dictionary tome you might be thinking of.…

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What would Twitter look like as a man? Fashion photographer personifies 8 social networks

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 10:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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There’s such a thing as taking anthropomorphism too far. Or is there? Fashion photographer Viktorija Pashuta, who has a somewhat over-the-top creative tech vision, last year re-imagined what Web browsers would look like if they were actual women in the series called, What if Girls Were Internet Browsers? Each model, dressed up as a browser complete with the proper colors, had a distinctive personality and identity to match the public’s browsing experience. Why stop there? To give equal time to the guys, Pashuta recently released a new photo series entitled, What if Guys were Social Networks? with models dressed up as…

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New Sony Pictures leak appears to contain lists of passwords in plain text, security certificates

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 10:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Today, we received an email tipping us off to a new leak from GOP, the group claiming to have attacked Sony Pictures last week. The new dump of files appears to be a collection of Sony’s security certificates, signing keys, private keys for accessing servers and endless lists of passwords in plain-text spreadsheets. We won’t link to the leak due to the sensitive nature of the content. We’ve only had time to look over a handful of the files in the ZIP, but in a folder called “Password” a huge list of Excel files (many of which are unprotected) we found scores…

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DJ Earworm’s United State of Pop is the perfect summary of 2014

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 8:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

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Every year, DJ Earworm lays down a slick track to wrap up the state of pop for the year. They’re always an impressive summary of the most popular tracks of the year. This year’s mix has just landed on YouTube and is adequately loaded with Taylor Swift, Pharrell and all those addictive pop songs you still can’t get out of your head. DJ Ear Worm also released a mashup for Summer 2014 just a few months ago. And of course, there’s 2013’s summer of pop mashup. ➤ DJ Earworm [YouTube]

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