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Know When to Be a Squeaky Wheel

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Holly Johnson We’ve talked about customer service, good and bad, a lot here at Lifehacker. Unfortunately, poor customer service is something we all have to deal with at some point—and often, it takes a lot more than politeness and persistence to get your way.Get Rich Slowly’s Holly Johnson offers her best tips for tackling these difficult situations. A few months ago, I decided that I needed new furniture. I didn’t want new furniture. My 3-year-old…

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Welcome to IBM’s Supercomputer Waterworld of the Future

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As reported on Wired. BY ROBERT MCMILLAN Computers are just too damned hot. It’s becoming a real problem. Big internet companies like Facebook have taken Intel to task over the issue and — sensing a real opportunity — other companies have started to build new systems using the same kinds of low-power processors you’ll find in your mobile phone. In fact, 2013 is likely to be the year that we get an inkling of how far…

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7 Massive Ideas That Can Change the World

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As reported on Wired. BY WIRED STAFF Photo: Getty Images; Illustration: Carl Detorres Tesla. Prius. Volt. The auto industry is stocked with radical new designs that reduce the environmental impact of driving. The airplane industry has been incrementally improving fuel efficiency for decades, but it’s maxing out the potential of current designs and will soon need to come up with a similarly transformative rethink. And it has to move fast. Air travel is set to explode—more than…

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7 Signs You Might Be Living Beyond Your Means

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Stephanie Taylor Christensen Whether you consider yourself to be financially responsible, or you always seem to come up short on cash, there are a few key indicators that may indicate you are living beyond your mean.And being aware of them can save you loads of money woes in times of a cash emergency. You couldn’t live without your job’s income for at least six months. Need some motivation to start…

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Marc Andreessen On The Future Of Enterprise

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEXIA TSOTSIS In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. While excerpts of that interview made it into the post, the transcript of the entire interview was so good it deserved to be published in its entirety. ************************ Alexia Tsotsis: Since people like me (millennials) are putting pressure on our…

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Redesigning Google: how Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution

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As reported on The Verge. By Verge Staff The new Google way is weird, but it’s working By Dieter Bohn and Ellis Hamburger Something strange and remarkable started happening at Google immediately after Larry Page took full control as CEO in 2011: it started designing good-looking apps. Great design is not something anybody has traditionally expected from Google. Infamously, the company used to focus on A/B testing tiny, incremental changes like 41 different shades of blue for links instead of trusting…

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University of Michigan makes silicon from liquid metal, aims for low-cost chips Alt

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As reported on Engadget. by Jon Fingas Forming silicon normally requires extreme temperatures of more than 2,000F, with the expensive energy to match. The University of Michigan has developed a technique involving liquid metal that could shed most of the heat — and cost. By coating a liquid gallium electrode with silicon tetrachloride, researchers can generate pure silicon crystals through the gallium’s electrons at a comparatively cool 180F. While the crystals are currently small, bigger examples are at least…

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The Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of First-Time Smartphone Buyers

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As reported on Wired. BY ALEXANDRA CHANG Emily Nelson browses phones at the AT&T store in San Francisco, CA. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired It only seems like everyone has a smartphone. Despite the dozens of smartphones churned out each year by the likes of Samsung, Apple, Motorola, HTC and more, just 55.5 percent of mobile users in the United States have one, according to Nielsen data from July 2012. But that’s changing, quickly. Two in three American phone buyers will choose a…

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Get Your Sh*t Together Helps You Gather the Most Important Documents You Need Before You Die

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Melanie Pinola   Death planning isn’t exactly the most fun thing to think about, but if you want the people you care about to have an easier time if something happens to you (whether you’re hospitalized for a while or actually pass away), gathering all your critical documents is essential. Get Your Sh*t Together! is here to help. The site offers templates and checklists for essential documents like your will, living…

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Anti-Drone Camouflage: What to Wear in Total Surveillance

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As reported on Wired. BY TIM MALY   The anti-drone scarf is meant to be worn as a hijab. “It is also inspired by the rationale behind the hijab,” says Harvey, “‘the veil which separates man or the world from God,’ replacing God with drone.” The future of privacy is looking grim. Artist Adam Harvey wants to design something about that. For the past four years, Harvey has been exploring the possibilities of counter-surveillance fashion. His latest…

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