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Naked guy. Click. Naked guy.
Between the rude, the nude and the whack jobs also looking to chat online
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Apps We Love
An app that takes you back
The greatest library in the world means nothing without the card catalog to make sense of it all
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Controller Freak
Halo Legends premieres in San Francisco
Microsoft’s new collection of seven short anime films about the Halo Universe won’t be for everyone, but it does provide a few juicy morsels of mythology for hardcore fans
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Gaming
Bioshock 2: Brainy and moving, with exemplary action
The very first Big Daddy is back and is on a mission to exert his free will
Mobile
Google, Apple pile pressure on phone world
Nokia, world’s biggest handset maker, opts to skip annual Mobile World Congress
Internet
From Search to Buzz, the steps on Google’s path to world domination
With its latest shot across the bows – at Facebook – is it possible Google is having a Microsoft moment?
Hardware
Accessory makers, app developers have high hopes for Apple's iPad
Market created for iPod, iPhone add-ons now firmly focused on tablet device
Life
Flirty texts have a long memory
Toronto mayoral hopeful Adam Giambrone joins the ranks of public figures embarrassed by flirtatious texting
Live Better
How to break free and use data in the cloud
Our guide to your life: This week, four ways to take advantage of cloud-based computing for storing data
Computer whiz kid becomes Balkan celebrity at age 9
Without support, Marko Calasan doesn’t have much of a future in Macedonia
Study
Is blogging losing its lustre with youth?
Number of young bloggers in decline as communication habits change, Pew study finds
Dave McGinn's Mr. Miser
Why do phone companies not reward customer loyalty?
I figured I should be able to parlay my years of loyalty into a free iPhone. I was so wrong.
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Accessories
Laptop totes for fashion-conscious bagaholics
There has been an explosion of gear sacks sporting funky colours and feminine shapes
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Life online
Blogger arranges his whole life through Craigslist
Some university graduates do a year in Europe. Jason Paul, 22, is doing 9 months of living through Craiglist.
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Gaming
Mass Effect 2 gives you hope for the future of gaming
(oh, and humanity, too)
Second entry in BioWare’s sci-fi saga has a narrative so complex, the game will prove unique to every player
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Apps We Love
An app to keep Xbox Live living
360 Live, and independently developed mobile app for the iPhone/iPod Touch, lets you connect with your buddies away from the console
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A Twitter app for nOObs
We also take a look at a search engine for Internet radio and a handy app that lets you compare two Photoshop files
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Exer-gaming
Me and my (anatomically perfect) shadow
Your Shape game lets you and your avatar star alongside each other on your home TV
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WonderQuest
Microwaving plastics 101
Do the recycle numbers assigned to plastic containers indicate if they are safe to use for heating food in a microwave oven?
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The iPad: Our shiny new ball and chain
Within a couple of months, there will be no physical position in which we won’t be able piss away time on the Internet
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