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March 13, 1842: Henry Shrapnel Dies, But His Name Lives On

The death of a British officer whose anti-personnel shell revolutionized the use of artillery in warfare.

Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/03/march-13-1842-henry-shrapnel-dies-but-his-name-lives-on/

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Everything You Need To Turn Wherever You Are Into an Irish Pub [Toolkit]

You are not Irish, but on March 17th the whole world gets to be Irish. Hell, they even celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Dubai. Want to go hang out at your local Irish pub? Good luck, it's going to be packed and unpleasant. But that doesn't mean you can't celebrate in your garage or your apartment. Here's how to turn wherever it is you are into an Irish pub. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/WEg-wAkjT28/

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This American Life's Damning Foxconn Report Was Mostly Made Up [Apple]

This American Life has retracted its episode about working conditions at Foxconn. Apple challenged the veracity of the reporting in the piece when if first ran in January, and in an episode set to air later today, the radio show will confirm that Mike Daisey made up some of the most shocking facts in his story. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/7UMlckVaTMg/this-american-lifes-damning-foxconn-report-was-mostly-made-up

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id America Announces Their First Kindle Fire Accessory

id America has announced the Cushi for Kindle Fire, a back skin made of durable EVA foam.  The first design is called “Dream”; this playful design is embossed in the EVA foam for an almost 3D look.  The skin improves your grip and protects against knocks and scratches.  Cushi removes easily without leaving residue behind.  [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/03/14/id-america-announces-their-first-kindle-fire-accessory/

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Allez Les Books: France Suggests Amazon Tax To Help Independent Bookstores

France has developed something of a reputation in trying to tax larger companies on the Internet to use the funds to help out smaller players. The latest development in that scheme: a proposal to tax large booksellers to help French independent bookstores impacted by the rise of online giants like Amazon. This is a development on a model that has seen proposals to tax online ads from the likes of Google and the revenues made from ISPs, in order to help out media companies that have negatively impacted by the rise of digital content.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/l7ZKSl66IQM/

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Coming Soon: A Lego R2-D2 Set!

This is the Lego set you’re looking for! Everyone’s favorite astromech droid is always popping up at shops and events, built life-sized from thousands of bricks by Lego’s master builders, and now we’ll all get the chance to build a — admittedly slightly smaller — version of him, too. Artoo is the latest entry into [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/lego-collectors-r2-d2/

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Hulu Enters Original Content Biz with 'Battleground' Series

The new series from Hulu taps politics to create a 13-week mix of drama and comedy.

Source: http://feeds.pcworld.com/click.phdo?i=d0e54760d5d0673b396e2e8074746b0a

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Lenovo Gets a Jump on Apple in Smart TVs

Lenovo on Sunday announced its first smart TV that will recognize voice commands and run Android 4.0 applications, getting a jump over Apple's rumored pursuit of...

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3D Printed Guitars Rock

Olaf Diegel from the Auckland University of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand is exploring the limits of 3D printing technologies and applications. Some of his projects are shown on his ODD website.  Case in point his Spider electric guitar which is cut using a EOS Formiga P100 (which I’m guessing is probably a little out of the price range of [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/03/14/3d-printed-guitars-rock/

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Syrian Dictator Is a Chris Brown Fan [ITunes]

Opposition members in Syria gained access to the personal email account of dictator Bashar Al-Assad, revealing a secret cache of... iTunes receipts? More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/l_KHCrZTe1I/syrian-dictator-is-a-chris-brown-fan

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