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Lights, Camera, Action: iPhone 4 Video, Ready For Its Close-Up

by Ron Callari

It use to be film-makers needed expensive and cumbersome digital cameras to produce high quality music videos, movie shorts and commercials. Of recent date, light-weight and reasonably-priced hand-helds like the Flip have become a more suitable replacement. But today, instead of using one-trick ponies, the iPhone 4 is earning just as much of a reputation as a video camera as it has acting like, well… a phone.

Movit Performance Gummies Offer An Alternative To Sugary Energy Drinks

by Kim Patterson

Energy drinks have become enormously popular in recent years and not just for athletes. The problem is that while the drinks do give a boost they often also set you up for a big crash at some point and pack in a lot of extra calories and not a lot else. The makers of Movit Performance Gummies are hoping to offer a new option for those looking for a healthier boost.

HP's 48Upper Social Network Is The Geek Squad's Latest Watering Hole

by Ron Callari

While Facebook scales to 500 million users according "The Social Network" movie promos, a new social network wants to prove to the world that IT pros have just as much a right to their own social network as common folk - maybe more.

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Europe Beats U.S. In Race For Social Networking The 'Internet Of Things'

by Ron Callari

In the U.S., we are more concerned about disconnecting the Internet than expanding its connectivity to inanimate objects. If Senator Lieberman has his way, the government will have access to a 'kill switch' that will virtually shut down the Internet at will. Europe on the other hand is taking a much more progressive approach.

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ZoomAtlas Social Network For Boomers With $10K Geo-Based Reunion Contest

by Ron Callari

With Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn now the dominant players in the social media space and Foursquare, Gowalla and Loopt in the location-based arena - each garnering a user-base larger than many countries - is there room for another to focus on just one segment of the population? Mark Sherman and ZoomAtlas, with the majority of users over 50 seem to think so.

X-Ray Pinup Calendar Is More Than Just Skin Deep

by Steve Levenstein

An innovative pinup calendar by Berlin's Butter Advertising Agency makes no bones about true beauty being on the inside.

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HuffPo & The 'Wisdom of Machines' Crack Open Semantic Web Portal

by Ron Callari

Looking forward from the confines of our Web 2.0 perch, we are beginning see signs of the Web 3.0 portal open slightly. While a lot of folks still think semantic technology is a lot of hype based on theories and suppositions attached to artificial intelligence, the reality is "it's in the works" and the Huffington Post is one of the first news outlets to test the waters.

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The Mysterious Illness Hitting Gulf Workers Now Identified As 'TILT'

by T Goodman

For a few days now, we've been hearing and reading about Gulf cleanup workers and people living close to the Gulf coming down with strange 'flu-like' symptoms. The true diagnosis was difficult, because flu symptoms are common in the illness that's actually overcoming these workers - now patients. It's called TILT, short for Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance. What are the causes and symptoms?

11 Best Of Neocon® WTF 2010 Design Awards

by Toby

The Best of NeoCon WTF 2010 furniture is displayed throughout the huge Merchanise Mart and yesterday, 81 awards were distributed ranging from architectural awards to workplace technologies. Here are 11 of my favorite winners from the NeoCon WTF 2010 competition. (No, it's not the WTF you are thinking; it's the World Trade Fair!)

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The HyGreen System Aims To Dramatically Reduce Infection In Hospitals

by Kim Patterson

The HyGreen by Xhale is a device that detects alcohol-based cleansers that are used in hospitals. To ensure that hands are properly cleansed between patients, hospital staff hold their soapy hands under the HyGreen sensor and the gadget will clear the worker to move on to the next patient.