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Review: The Lotus 2-Eleven Super Sports Car
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Bruce Gain
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The Lotus 2-Eleven roadster is $80,000 of unadulterated sports car that's so damn good that even drivers who don't know oversteer from understeer can look like an F1 star. Sort of.
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Feb. 5, 1897: Indiana Pols Forced to Eat Humble Pi (π)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Tony Long
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In one of the most famous attempts to declare a mathematical truth by political fiat, the Indiana legislature comes this close to establishing an exact value for pi. Good thing a math professor happened to be wandering by.
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Checking In With The Politically Active Social Networking Generation
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Threat Level
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's online and cable broadcast Monday night is a landmark event in a year of experiments with Web 2.0 amid the most exciting presidential race in decades.
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New Super-Efficient Chip Could Run on Body Heat
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 8:30pm EST by Alexis Madrigal
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MIT researchers have developed a new ultralow-voltage chip that could improve the energy efficiency of low-power electronics tenfold.
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Sci-Fi Dreams We Could Build if They Weren't So Damn Expensive
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 8:10pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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Orbiting hotels, transatlantic tunnels, android armies -- these are all technically feasible projects given today's technology, if you just have a big enough budget. But how big exactly? Wired's Rob Beschizza does the math.
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Ban All Cars Getting Less Than 35 MPG?
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 8:10pm EST by Autopia
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The former head of Royal Dutch Shell calls on the European Union to ban all cars that don't get 35 mpg, saying it's the only way to force the auto industry to improve the efficiency of its cars. Is he wrong?
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Mystery Telephone 'Poll' Boosts Clinton, Slams Everyone Else
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 7:45pm EST by Threat Level
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Ahead of Super Tuesday, independent voters are targeted in a telephone "poll" that seems strangely hostile to every Democrat in the race who isn't Hillary Clinton.
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New Yamaha Surround-Sound Receiver Rules Your Home Entertainment System
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 7:15pm EST by Mathew Honan
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Yamaha’s new RX-Z11 sets the bar high for feature-rich high-definition amplifiers.
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Upgradable Cameras, Tiny HD Camcorders and Booth Babes
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 7:00pm EST by Dave Bullock
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Wired hits the highlights of the hottest photography equipment show in the country.
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History's Greatest Gadgets, From the Ark to the Turk
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 5:00pm EST by Gadget Lab
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Historical inventions like the compass and the Leyden jar join mythical gadgets like the Ark of the Covenant -- rumored to be a sort of early battery -- and outright hoaxes like the Mechanical Turk in this eclectic list of ancient innovation.
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Microsoft-Yahoo: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, Google Says
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 3:15pm EST by Epicenter
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Yahoo's fiercest competitor, Google, has raised concerns about the possibility of Microsoft's takeover. Google's motives, of course, are hardly pure.
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Microsoft: Windows Vista Update Officially Arrives Mid-March
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 3:00pm EST by Compiler
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Software giant Microsoft confirmed Monday that the first update to its Windows Vista operating system will be available as an official download in mid-March. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will address various performance and stability issues and improve the desktop OS's hardware support.
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Study Will Measure Crop Planting's Effect on Weather
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 11:25am EST by Associated Press
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What farmers choose to grow over vast tracts of land could have an effect on regional weather patterns. A NASA-funded study will attempt to figure out exactly what the impact is.
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Dot-Post Address May Be Restricted to Postal Agencies
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 10:45am EST by Associated Press
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Unlike dot-com and dot-net internet addresses, which are open to all comers, a proposed dot-post address might be restricted to entities that provide actual postal services. The point would be to instill trust, proponents of the plan say.
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Microsoft, Yahoo Corporate Cultures Closer Than They Seem
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 10:25am EST by Associated Press
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Yahoo's reputation for being an edgy startup is years out of date, while Microsoft is stodgy, but not as ossified as many might think. So, should the two merge, reconciling the corporate cultures many not be that difficult.