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As reported on Engadget. By Ross Rubin Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. At a dinner event several years ago, a former editor-in-chief of a major computing trade magazine told attendees that his first published article was about home automation. That article ran back in 1979 — just two years after the debut of theApple II and two years before the introduction of the IBM PC. Indeed, in its early days, home automation, like the…

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by AskMen Is it solely about a pretty face or a career accomplishment? Is it about having perfect proportions or about being “wife material”? Start with #99 > You answered these questions by voting in our annual Top 99. And judging from your responses and those of our staff, one thing is clear: Desirability isn’t any one of these things, but all of them. You chose women who represent the complete package…

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Alan Henry There are dozens of NAS (Network-Attached Storage) enclosures on the market that you can pack with hard drives for a tidy storage boost on your home network. All of them promise to keep your data accessible, safely redundant, and available to multiple computers on your wired or wireless network. Some are expensive, others not so much, but when we asked you which NAS enclosures you thought were the best…

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Cork Gaines The New York Giants have announced that they will honor the students and teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary School as well as the community of Newtown, Connecticut with a decal on the back of their helmets during tomorrow’s game. The decal will simply read “S.H.E.S..” Here is a picture of the decal (via the New York Giants)… New York Giants Recommended For You Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/giants-to-honor-students-and-teachers-of-connecticut-shooting-with-a-helmet-decal-2012-12#ixzz2F9ms75lm

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