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Saturday - September 11th | | 1:30 | | Venture Bros. Returns With Fresh Blast of Geek ..
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The deranged cult cartoon pays tribute to sci-fi, comics and every other fanboy obsession when Season 4.5 hits Adult Swim this weekend. Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick crack wise about their sharp, satirical show (with spoilers!).
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| 0:00 | | Inside North Jersey's $1.6 Billion Sports Mecca
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Take a tour of the New Meadowlands Stadium, which hosts its first regular-season NFL game this Sunday when the New York Giants face the Carolina Panthers.
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| 0:00 | | Your Froyo Tablet Probably Won't Support Android Market
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The new batch of forthcoming Android tablets are all sporting the new version of Android (2.2, or Froyo). But Google says that this version of Android wasn't optimized for tablets. This means three things for folks interested in buying an Android tablet this fall.
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Friday - September 10th | | 23:00 | | Must-See Cult TV, From Danger Man to Fire..
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It's pure coincidence that Patrick McGoohan's spy-fi series Danger Man, which evolved into the sci-fi classic The Prisoner, premiered 50 years ago on the now-momentous date of Sept. 11. In honor of McGoohan's paranoid television shows, we look back at the best cult TV that remains continually relevant.
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| 22:00 | | What's Hiding in Demand Media's Finances?
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If you believe the hype, Demand Media represents the beginning of the end for everything that's noble about journalism. But can it possibly be worth something in the neighborhood of $1.5 billion in an IPO?
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| 21:30 | | Gadget Lab Podcast: Tweeting From Jail, Ping and the Ugly iT..
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In today's Gadget Lab podcast, the crew gawks at an amazing story about an abducted journalist and a cellphone, talks smack about iTunes and teases a funky iPad case.
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| 21:00 | | Multitasking 4th Gen iPod Touch Is Finger-Swipin Good
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The fourth version of the iPod Touch is faster, multitasks, and most importantly, is not easily confused with an iPhone.
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| 20:30 | | Guess What, You Don't Own That Software You Bought
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A federal appeals says that, under licensing agreements, software makers could forbid the transfer or resale of their wares, an apparent gutting of the so-called first-sale doctrine of copyright law.
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| 20:30 | | Cockroach Brains, Coming to a Pharmacy Near You
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New research finds that the rudimentary brains of cockroaches and locusts teem with antimicrobial compounds that slay harmful E. coli and MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph bacterium. The work could lead to new compounds for fighting infectious diseases in humans.
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| 20:00 | | Continuous Pencil Means No More Stubs
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Like the solid feel of a hardwood pencil but hate writing with a tiny stub? This modular continuous pencil is for you.
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| 20:00 | | Hands-On With VLC Movie Player for iPad
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We know that the iPad is (mostly) great for video playback, if you buy your movies and TV shows from iTunes or go through the trouble of converting non-Apple-supported formats. But what if there were a pain-free way to play almost every type of video format? Thanks to VLC for the iPad, there is.
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| 19:30 | | DIY Jet Ready to Resume Testing
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After a few developmental hiccups, the Sonex single-seat home-built jet is back on track.
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| 13:30 | | Phone Bank: ecoATMs Spit Out Cash for Retired Cells
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Plug your used mobile into an ecoATM, which will assess its resale value, collect the device and reward you for your good deed.
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| 13:30 | | Monstrously Fat Front Tire Drives Sport Bike's Design
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Jim Davis' fantasy motorcycle turned out even better in reality. A variable steering angle and a burly damper help make MotoMorphic's fat-tired JaFM a serious performer.
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| 13:30 | | Gallery: Earth's Most Stunning Natural Fractal Patterns
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Take a look at some of the most stunning fractals found on Earth.
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| 13:30 | | Alt Text: Google, Apple Unveil Competing Battle Robots
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The two competitors take their not-so-friendly rivalry to the next level with the ultimate high-tech smackdown. Coming soon to a city near you: fiery war between the iMech and Android Mobile Combat Unit Zero.
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| 13:30 | | Sept. 10, 1941: Stephen Jay Gould Born
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Stephen Jay Gould, who will become a famous evolutionary theorist and popular science writer, is born in New York City.
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| 13:30 | | Prof Says Brainwaves Can Catch Terrorists
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A Northwestern University professor is promising a foolproof way to read an evildoer's brain. It's either his gadget or 'the waterboard,' the prof. swears. The U.S. government isn't listening — and with good reason.
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| 3:00 | | TSA Targets Photographers in Hoodies
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A new TSA terror warning targets photographers in hoodies as a national security threat.
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| 2:00 | | Firefox 4, Now With More JaegerMonkey
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Mozilla has shipped a new pre-release build of Firefox 4 with its latest JavaScript technology, JaegerMonkey, baked in.
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| 2:00 | | Tweet of the Day: Apple's Contradictory App Store Guidelines
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In today's tweet of the day, an iPhone developer makes an astute observation about the contradictory nature of Apple's new App Store guidelines.
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| 2:00 | | Nikita Gives Femme-Assassin Franchise Another S..
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Twenty years after Luc Besson unleashed La Femme Nikita on an unsuspecting world, the female street-punk-turned-assassin is still kicking. A look at new TV show Nikita and its predecessors.
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| 1:00 | | DIY Beermaking Kit Brews Up Disappointment
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The Beer Machine promises to change the deliciously messy and involved process of home brewing with a simple, all-in-one kit. Our beer lust was only matched by our skepticism, but the end, the Beer Machine turned out to be less of a letdown than we were expecting.
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| 1:00 | | William S. Burroughs' Lost Graphic Novel Ah Pook Is He..
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The Beat writer's ill-fated '70s collaboration with artist Malcolm McNeill returns at a time more suited for its innovative approach, thanks to Fantagraphics.
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| 1:00 | | WikiLeaks to Publish Massive Cache of Iraq War Docs
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A massive cache of new documents from the Iraq War is being prepared for publication by WikiLeaks.
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| 1:00 | | No-Frills LCD TV Is Easy on Eyes, But Not Future-Proof
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Sony's 1080p powerhouse, the KDL-40EX500, has all the motion-smoothing tech of its pricey brethren, but delivers it in a basic, financial-aid friendly package.
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Thursday - September 9th | | 22:30 | | Early Warning Signs Could Show When Extinction Is Coming
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Animal populations headed for extinction may give the same signals seen before crashes in coral reefs, the Sahara’s climate and even stock markets.
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| 22:30 | | Apple Answers Questions About App Rejections, Raises Others
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Apple on Thursday published a set of rules about the types of content that aren’t allowed in the iOS App Store, answering questions that have been bugging software developers and customers for years while introducing some new ambiguities.
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| 21:30 | | Sweet Set-Top Box Transforms Your Mac Into a DVR
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Itching to turn your MacBook into a DVR? The EyeTV HD from Elgato will scratch it.
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| 21:00 | | Carbon Emissions Not at Doomsday Level ... Yet
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What would happen if the whole world suddenly stopped building new carbon dioxide emitters, from coal plants to cars, and let the existing ones die naturally of old age? Will the carbon emitters of today push us over the limit, no matter what we do next?
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| 18:00 | | 1976 Look at Mars Soil May Have Missed Life's Building Block..
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The Viking mission to Mars may have destroyed compounds that make biology possible while trying to detect them in the soil.
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| 18:00 | | Apple Drops Harsh Development Restrictions, Reveals Review R..
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Apple has opened up the App Store review process, dropping its harsh restrictions on the tools developers are allowed to use and at the same time actually publishing the App Store Review Guidelines — a previously secret set of rules that governed whether or not your app would be approved.
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| 18:00 | | Rare, Tiny, Supercute Baby Seahorse Found in British Waters
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The Seahorse Trust, after years of surveying the fish in British waters, has finally found, measured and photographed a 1.6-inch tiny baby seahorse, which is also called a fry.
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| 16:30 | | What's In A Search, If You Don't Hit the Search Button?
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Searches used to be easy to count. You would wait for someone to type words into a search box and then hit enter. Call that a search. That made it easy for outside analysts like ComScore to know how to figure out which search engine was tops. All of that got a lot more confusing with the introduction of Google’s 'Instant Search,' which starts showing you search results as soon as you type the first letter into its search box.
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| 16:00 | | How Google Instant Could Reinvent Channel Flipping
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The key to the next generation of TV is likely to be search, and the biggest drag on search is going to be text entry. If Google TV is really going to be the 'one screen to rule them all,' it has to solve that problem.
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| 13:30 | | Do This Page-Turner Puzzle
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What's so special about this puzzle? It's a crossword so excessive that no single page can contain it. When you reach the edge, simply turn the page over and keep writing. No, really, it'll work!
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| 13:30 | | Sept. 9, 1926: RCA Creates a Radio Network
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The National Broadcasting Company is established. The network would dominate radio during that medium's Golden Age and become the foundation of a massive media empire that to this day just keeps growing.
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| 13:30 | | Quantifying the Boundaries of Athletic Achievement
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In his new book The Perfection Point, Sport Science host John Brenkus explains how we can push and predict the limits in athletic feats.
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| 13:30 | | Dyno-Testing the Automotive X Prize Finalists
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If you follow emerging automotive technology like electric cars and hybrids, you're no doubt excited about the Automotive X-Prize. The contest, which started three years ago, promises $10 million to the best production-capable car that can achieve 100 mpg or the energy equivalent. The winner will be announced Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C.
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| 13:30 | | This Sept. 11, Will Terror Sites Get Hacked Again?
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For two years now, Islamic extremist websites mysteriously have gone down as Sept. 11 approached. Many suspect the U.S. government. Will it happen again?
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| 0:00 | | Gamemaker's Secret Mission: Save Duke Nukem Forever
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When it came to resurrecting the MIA videogame, Randy Pitchford faced a task that was part suicide run, part debt of honor. The Gearbox Software CEO serves up the inside story on the improbable rescue of one of gaming's most beloved (and most obnoxious) franchises.
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Wednesday - September 8th | | 23:00 | | Hyundai's Land Yacht Should Have Luxury Automakers Quaking
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Our maiden voyage in Hyundai's 17-foot long luxe sedan is impressive if not a tad banal.
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| 23:00 | | Ole Miss' Admiral Ackbar Campaign Fizzles
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After several months, the grassroots campaign at Ole Miss to install Return of the Jedi's Admiral Ackbar, that esteemed squid-like war hero who led the Rebel Alliance to victory at the Battle of Endor, as the university's official sports mascot has fizzled.
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| 22:30 | | Hack Your Parking
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Maybe you always remember where you parked. Maybe you never get parking tickets either. For the rest of us, some tools to alert us when our parking meter is about to expire or give us directions back to our car would be mighty handy.
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| 22:30 | | Video: How to Film a 23-Mile Free Fall
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When Felix Baumgartner steps into the void, 18 cameras will take us along for the ride with him.
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| 22:00 | | X-Ray Pinup Girls Are Just Pixels (NSFW?)
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After a set of sexy X-rays hit the web earlier this year, viewers were left to wonder if they were real. Now we have the answer.
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| 22:00 | | Close-Shave Asteroid Caught on Camera
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When asteroid 2010 RX30 zipped past Earth early Wednesday, observers at the Remanzacco Observatory in Italy were ready. At 12:45 am local Italian time, amateur astronomers Ernesto Guido and Giovanni Sostero remotely controlled a 0.25-meter telescope in Mayhill, New Mexico through the Global Remote Astronomy Telescope Network. They got four separate exposures of 30 seconds each and stitched them together to make this animation.
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| 21:30 | | Swivel Camcorder Features Flat Footage
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A late entry into the pocket-camcorder field, Sony's Bloggie is overdesigned and underfunctional. The swiveling lens offers flexibility, but the slow and unintuitive controls make it a tough sell.
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| 21:30 | | The Best Tennis Player You've Never Heard Of
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Esther Vergeer is the best tennis player you've never heard of. Vergeer, who hails from Holland, hasn't lost a wheelchair tennis match since 2003 — that's nearly 400 victories in a row.
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| 21:30 | | Xbox 360 Slim Is Leaner, Meaner, Quieter Machine
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Microsoft's upgrade/redo, the Xbox 360 S, is packed with a lot of the extras that used to be sold separately, but the most dramatic change takes place under the hood.
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