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How to Open a Beer Bottle With a Chainsaw [VIDEO]

You probably don't party like the older gent in this video. He opens his beers with with a chainsaw.

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Engineer: Star Trek’s Enterprise ship could be built in 20 years at a cost of $1 trillion

Whether you're a Trekkie or not, you have to admit that there's some sense of wonder toexploring the stars andtrying to find life on distant planets. Of course, the U.S.S...

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Kiss Aero goodbye: Latest Windows 8 build reveals minimalistic desktop UI

It's safe to say that anticipation is high for the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview, which will become available in the first week

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6 Reasons Why the Facebook IPO Fell Flat

Why didn't Facebook's IPO set the world on fire? Here are six theories.

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Facebook falls flat in public debut

After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began. Its stock closed at $38.23, up 23 cents, after pricing Thursday night at $38 per share.

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I Despise You, Xbox 360 Eject Button

Today I had to move my Xbox 360 console out of the way while I fooled with cables going through the back of my entertainment center. This happens frequently because of how I have to do video capture.

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Sprint offers $100 trade-in credit for iPhones from competing carriers

In an effort to drum up subscribership and advertise its unlimited data plan for the iPhone 4S, Sprint revealed on Friday that it will begin offering a $100 credit to any customer who trades in an...

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Facebook HQ on IPO Day, As Seen on Instagram [PICS]

Photos of Facebook staffers watching Mark Zuckerberg ring the opening bell at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.

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Facebook IPO: Live Updates On FB's Big Day

Eight years, 900 million users, and several Winklevoss lawsuits later, Facebook is going public in what will be the third largest IPO in history...

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Facebook Reveals How Much Stock Each Bank Got, Morgan Stanley Nabbed $6 Billion Worth

Just after the markets closed on its first day of public trading, Facebook amended its S-1 with a complete prospectus detailing how much stock each underwriter got to sell...

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$16B Should Cover It: Here’s The $15B Facebook Privacy Class Action Suit, And Facebook’s Response

Facebook, which has now listed on NASDAQ, is set to make $16 billion if its share holds at the $38 price that it set yesterday -- more if it ends higher...

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Facebook’s Acquisition of Karma Brings Mobile Commerce, App Monetization Prowess

Facebook has just acquired social commerce startup Karma. The terms of the deal are undisclosed but 16 employees of the startup will be joining Facebook.

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Facebook Acquires Gift-Giving App Karma

Fresh off its first day on the Nasdaq, Facebook has acquired another company: gift-giving app Karma.

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Facebook buys Karma app

The newly public Facebook (s FB) says it is buying Karma, a mobile social gifting app. The news was released via Karma's blog. The deal terms were not announced...

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When a Briton Announces the NBA, the Result is Comedy Genius

When I run my mouth about international soccer, I sound like a complete and total imbecile. When a Brit does the same thing about basketball, it is 100 percent comedy gold...

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Facebook Is Worth More Than McDonald's and 4 Other Giant Brands

We've rounded up five companies you probably perceive to be enormous, which are now worth less than 8-year-old Facebook.

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Can You Turn Cheap, Shitty Beer Into Good Beer?

You know what's great about cheap, shitty beer? The cheap part. The end...

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Facebook vs. Twitter

In the world of social networks, Facebook and Twitter can be compared to the old children's story, The Tortoise and the Hare...

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Which TV Shows Are Getting the Most Social Buzz During Finales Week?

Many popular TV shows are wrapping up with a series finale this week. Which show is coming out on top of the social media buzz?

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GameStop Mobile launches as AT&T virtual carrier, gives us rare bring-your-own GSM in US

Here's an expansion of mobile competition in the US that comes out of left field, even for us: GameStop as a cellular provider.

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Facebook Is Going To Be Even More Annoying Now That It's Public

Facebook is public now. And that means you're going public too. Facebook has to make you share more. It has to make you expose more of yourself...

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Solar Eclipse Visible From California to Texas Sunday Afternoon

Rare annular eclipse visible from western U.S.

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Could a 21st Century USS Enterprise Really Fly? | Wired Science | Wired.com

Spacecraft designers look at blueprints for a real-world version of Star Trek's USS Enterprise.

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ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent (updated: MMI responds)

At the end of last year, an Administrative Law Judge issued an initial ruling that Motorola had infringed a bit of Microsoft's IP,

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Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorolas Android devices | Ars Technica

Motorola may have to pay dearly to get the ban lifted.

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ITC Awards Microsoft an Import Ban on Motorola Phones, Tablets | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

The ITC decided on Friday that Motorla's phones and tablets should be banned from sale in 60 days due to a violation of a Microsoft patent. President Obama could possibly overturn the sale ban.

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Bankers Got Too Aggressive With Pricing Facebook As They Struggled To Keep Shares Above $38

The underwriters of Facebook's $16 billion debut on NASDAQ fought to the finish to keep the company's shares above last night's final price of $38 a share...

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The Launch Pad: SpaceX Falcon 9 Ready for Liftoff | Autopia | Wired.com

Take a tour of the launch pad where SpaceX will attempt to make history May 19 by launching its Dragon capsule for a rendezvous with the International Space Station.

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Your moment of Apple zen: Remember the things that Steve told us

We realize that some of you may have had your fill of Facebook news today, so this is a perfect time to break out some zen thinking thanks to the master of Apple himself: Steve Jobs. This ...

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The Facebook Staff Freaking Out At Everything

Chris Cox in particular needs to chill.

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Woman Returns Lost iPhone, Is Rewarded with a Brutal Beating

Losing an iPhone is the absolute worst. They inconvenience, the expense... Just terrible...

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Forbes Names the Hottest Cities for Tech Jobs

Forbes teamed up with Praxis Strategy Group to look at the 51 largest metro areas in the U.S. and rank them according to the growth rate and concentration of tech employment.

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Former Yahoo COO Who Almost Bought Facebook Shows Up on IPO Day

Dan Rosenwig was the Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo from 2002 to 2007. He met Zuckerberg in 2005, and made an offer to buy the company.

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Facebook stock closes nearly flat in debut

It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday.

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Facebook Closes at $38.23, Nearly Flat on Day

Facebook opened at $42.05 a share in its first day of trading, but began tumbling soon afterward, repeatedly testing the offer price as a floor.

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Gmail Puts Friends and Circles ‘Front and Center’

On its blog, the Gmail team introduced advanced search features and declared, email is more than just messages going back and forth -- it's also about the people sending them.

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When Words Fail, Text an Animated GIF

Think emojis are fun? Now you can send messages that move. A new iPhone app called  MyFaceWhen  makes it fast and easy to record and send video in the form of animated GIFs attached to text messages. ...

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How a Pro Athlete's Video Game Studio Came To Owe Rhode Island Millions

In a week filled with video-game related drama, one of the main stages has starred 38 Studios...

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The Missing Mario Link for Game of Thrones' Littlest Lannister

Game of Thrones' Tyrion Lannister may be a small man, but he's got a big heart, huge ambition, and is surprisingly good at killing people, all things considered...

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Study: Twitter Sentiment Mirrored Facebook’s Stock Price Today

Facebook's IPO was obviously the single most discussed topic on Twitter today...

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How Facebook Hacked The NASDAQ Button

Editor's note:Some savvy Facebook engineers rigged the NASDAQ button to automatically post "Mark Zuckerberg has listed a company on NASDAQ - FB" to the CEO's Timeline as herung the bell to open the...

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