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Aviary’s Developer Of Peacock Takes Popular Photo Manipulation Tool Independent, Calls It Nodewerk

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ERIC ELDON Aviary isn’t done with the news this year. In a nod to power users, it’s sending its advanced flash suite off as an independent product. The suite’s original developer, Mario Klingemann, is leading the effort and today has relaunched a core part of it, node-based photo manipulator Peacock, as a new AIR download called Nodewerk. You can get it here and take a look at some of the visual creations from Peacock/Nodewerk by scrolling down here.…

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Better For Companies: Slow And Steady Or Fast And Furious?

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF This year was a pretty amazing one in technology: Many startups were funded and acquired, and there were some real advancements made in the way that we communicate on a daily basis. I’d definitely call 2012 a major win, but it’s been interesting to watch how companies operate to reach their goals and hit moving targets. Sure, it’s not new that companies have to completely shift directions when something…

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In Mexico, Tech Is Used To Help Combat Narco Violence, Insecurity

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARA INÉS CALDERÓN Google has been used for many ends, but in the hands ofresearcher Viridiana Rios, the search engine has become a tool to fight Mexican drug cartels and help the government organize to prevent violence. Rios is a researcher at Harvard University who recently published apaper about a tool she created to track publicly available cartel data and how it can inform Mexican security officials’ work. Rios is one of a…

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Twitter Is Already Winning The Social TV War, But It Will Soon Do More

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER The past few years have been a rollercoaster ride for the social TV market. Driven by the growth of smartphone and tablet usage while viewers watch television, dozens of companies have emerged in that time to aggregate audiences who wish to share what they’re watching on TV with other, like-minded viewers. But for all the startups that have emerged to tackle the issue of social TV, only one…

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Must See HDTV (December 25th – 30th) HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler Even though most of us are enjoying a holiday break and our favorite TV shows are too, there’s still a few things worth checking out this week. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames. The Room Touted as “one of the worst films ever made,” Tommy Wiseau’s The Room is…

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Apple patents a method to refine curved glass for displays and beyond

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas The curved screens of Samsung’s Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus helped them stand out in the smartphone crowd, but it’s clearer than ever that the company doesn’t have a lock on the idea. Apple is exploring the concept as well: it just received a patent for a technique that molds thin glass into bent or curved shapes without a drawn-out process or using risky chemicals. By having alignment tools shift along with hotter temperatures…

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15 Unnecessarily Sexy Christmas Costumes

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Laura Stampler Yandy We just got accustomed to the bizarrely unnecessary, yet incredibly profitable, sexy Halloween costume market — shilling everything from sexy Oscar the Grouch to barely there Chewbacca. Christmas is revealing costume vendors’ latest victim.  Sexy Santa, elf, and even gingerbread house costumes are on the rise. “Last year, we ran out of Santa costumes, and I had more than 200 for sale, and 85 for rent, and we rent each…

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Two Firefighters Shot And Killed While Responding To Suspect’s Fire ‘Trap’

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Brett LoGiurato Jamie Germano/@jgermano1 Police in Webster, N.Y., said this morning that two firefighters were shot and killed while responding to a fire in the upstate New York town, victims of an apparent “trap” set by a shooter who is believed to be dead at the scene.  Two other firefighters have been injured and are in “guarded” condition at nearby Strong Memorial Hospital, according to CNN. “It does appear it was a…

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AMERICAN GUN STORE: Before And After Sandy Hook Massacre [PHOTOS]

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Henry Blodget In the days following the massacre of 27 adults and children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, there have been many reports of skyrocketing gun sales. This is said to be typical. Whenever there is a highly publicized mass shooting, Americans apparently rush to gun stores. The theory is that they do this for two reasons: First, they want to buy guns to protect themselves from all the…

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The World’s Largest Naval Station Is Packed Tight For Christmas

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Robert Johnson The Navy does its best to get troops home for the holidays when it can, but this display at Norfolk Naval base is still more the exception than the rule. Nine “Flattops,” five aircraft carriers, and four amphibious assault ships, are crammed together here at Norfolk among smaller ships and nuclear submarines from December 20, Navy photos. The nine flattops alone, number more than all eight battleships at Pearl Harbor in 1941. This cohort…

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