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6 Best Ways To Use A Michael Vick Mask This Halloween

by Lady Bee

While searching for great costumes for pets this Halloween, I ran across a download of a full-size Michael Vick mask. With it was a recommendation that the "spooky" mask would make a simple Halloween costume when combined with a "bloody old jersey and a dog leash to accompany..." Not a bad idea, I suppose. But there are more ways that animal lovers, especially dog lovers, can use this down-loadable mask for Trick or Treat... Here are Lady Bee's 5 top picks.

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Backhanded Tweets From US Open

by Ron Callari

Twitter, like death and taxes is sort like the "great leveler." Sport figures, celebs and the average Joe's of this world can all co-exist in an environment as equals and communicate with each other in a non-threatening and open way. Well, maybe not at the US Open?

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Cookie Trail & Social Network Identifiers Can Leak Private Data!

by Ron Callari

What if Santa Claus' identity was revealed when his cookie trail exposed his exact whereabouts on Christmas Eve? This would not only take all the fun and wonderment out of Christmas, it would be providing too much information for too many inquiring minds.

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Bunny Petting Cafe Has Rabbit Fans Hopping

by Steve Levenstein

Did you hare? Japan's Bunny Petting Cafe is the best thing in ears, and that's fur certain!

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Facebook,Twitter, Flickr & YouTube Boycott Whole Foods

by Ron Callari

Labeled A-Hole Foods by some, an army of bloggers have taken to full battle gear ever since John Mackey's op-ed appeared in the Wall Street Journal on August 12, 2009. Triggering significant backlash, Whole Foods may have a hard time overcoming a social media nightmare spurred on by their leader.

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Ben Franklins For Freezers, Sequel To Cash For Clunkers!

by Ron Callari

Ben Franklins for Freezers? Dollars for Dishwashers? Coin for Central Air? or Cash for Appliances? Whatever you'd like to call it, after the overwhelming success of the "Cash for Clunkers" program, the next government incentive to save consumers money will debut as early as this fall. However on this go around, you will receive rebates for the purchase of new Energy Star-qualified home appliances.

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Twitter Effect, If You Can Make It There,You Can Make It Anywhere!

by Ron Callari

There's lots of talk about the Twitter Effect and how it can make or break a movie. When it came to Bruno & GI Joe- thumbs down! In the case of Inglorious Basterds and District 9 -thumbs up! If Twitter has this effect on improving movie ticket sales, do we even need critics anymore?

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Sticky Feet Of Green Mussels Inspires New Adhesives

by T Goodman

You've heard of 'sticky fingers?' Well, green mussels, aka Perna viridis, have sticky feet! And that is the secret -- just released by scientists at the University of California Santa Barbara's (UCSB) Marine Science Institute -- of their superior adhesive powers.

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Sony Reader vs Amazon's Kindle - Battle For e-Readership!

by Ron Callari

It all started in 2008 when Sony rolled out its "Reading Revolution," to spark the imaginations of young readers and engage the public in digital reading. However somehow along the way, Sony lost its steam and Amazon's Kindle seized the moment to become the dominant force in the burgeoning e-Reader industry. Now late in 2009, the Sony Reader is re-engaging its marketing prowess to beat down its competitor and regain prominence.

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13 Best Halloween Pet Costumes 2009: Cutest, Prettiest, Most Neurotic, Funniest, & More!

by Lady Bee

Halloween is my favorite time of year and I love covering the dog costume beat for InventorSpot. For 2009, we have some new categories of Halloween costume awards for dogs and cats, including Best Looking Witch, Most Literary, Most Neurotic and our first one out, the Best Swine Flu Worker Pet Costume Awards. Enjoy them!

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Hi-tech Electric Wheelchair of the Future Promises Greater Mobility

by Steve Levenstein

Wheelchairs are about to make a great leap forward in form and function. The four-wheeled Rodem electric wheelchair prototype not only looks stylish and sporty, it's designed to make mobility much easier for the disabled and the elderly.

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Top Ten 'Texting For Tots' Mobile Phones

by Ron Callari

It use to be you learned to crawl, before you could walk and then run. Well today, while tots and teens begin to become mobile, they're also learning how to use a mobile. Kids born after the year 2000 might end up being called the 'Tiny Texters' generation as their passion to text is keen. Parents might not agree, but as we all know peer pressure in our formative years becomes the driving force behind these types of purchases, and Mom and Dad more often than naught usually succumb to the demands of their offspring!

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When You Drink From The Firehose...Guzzle.it!

by Ron Callari

The definition of drinking from the firehose according to the Urban Dictionary is "being overwhelmed with information, to do something intensely, to be inundated." When drinking from the firehose, the glass is not half full - the glass is not half empty - the glass is just too damn big! We're all drowning in data overload, and need all the help we can get! Guzzle.it is one tool that can cut through the noise.

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Soft Fan Provides Cooling Breeze, Protects Curious Fingers

by Steve Levenstein

Want to cool down a room but worry about spinning metal blades slicing a curious child's fingers? The "Soft Fan" eases minds with its soft polyurethane blades while pleasing eyes with a rounded, stylized design.

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If High-Fructose Corn Syrup Kills Honeybees, What Does It Do To You?

by Toby

Watch your soda intake... and your juice intake.... Don't drink bottled iced tea or lemonade or eat candy bars or packaged frozen dinners.... They're full of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which scientists have postulated is responsible for the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder that has killed off one-third of the honeybee population in the U.S. See why this study affects you!

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KitKat Sick Snack? Bizarre Vegetable Juice Chocolate Bars

by Steve Levenstein

Having exhausted every possible fruit flavor for their popular Kit Kat chocolate bars, Nestle Japan is inflicting KitKat Enhancement Vegetables upon a weary nation's taste buds.

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6 Degrees + 1 Game Theory = Social Network Analysis

by Ron Callari

It took a Beautiful Mind to develop Game Theory. A Footloose actor to popularize 'Six Degrees of Separation.' Now Social Network Analysis has pushed the envelope on both these theories for security purposes. However how does this new form of analysis affect our privacy rights? Will our future innocence or guilt be based on mathematical formulas?

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12 New Dog Breeds Created By Show Groomers!

by Lady Bee

You've heard of cockapoos, right? A cross between a cocker spaniel and a poodle. How about a pandapoo? No, you can't breed a poodle and a panda, but you can groom the poodle to look like a panda... and several other creatures!

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Top Ten Twitterati, A Tweet Above The Rest

by Ron Callari

While the movers and shakers on Twitter might be just "micro" bloggers...they sure know how to create a "macro" influence. Forbes Magazine compiled a list. Every country has their own top ten ranking. The top most influential tweeps within the DC Beltway according to Politico lists Barack Obama as number 4 behind Dick Gregory, Claire McCaskill and Karl Rove. You can determine your own list by tallying a user's number of followers, their number of tweets, their number of status updates -- or an algorithm thereof.

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8 Awesome Futuristic Gadgets For Y 2100 Are Design Lab '09 Finalists!

by Toby

If you're wondering what kinds of home gadgets we'll be using in the year 2100, here are 8 finalist entries of the Electrolux Design Lab 2009 competition that reflect their designers' futuristic concepts. Everything from a robotic greenhouse for life on Mars to a rain catcher and purifier that flies to your glass to pour your drinking water! Drop in and read about these super neat home gadgets!

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