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Study: Half of internet TV’s are not connected to the internet

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Only half of all people who own Internet-capable TVs have actually connected them to the internet.

The big buzz for the last couple of years has been 3D TV’s.  It seems lately though it’s all about the Internet connection. Major TV-makers such as LG, Panasonic, Samsung and others are offering television sets with Wi-Fi and apps to access video services like Netflix, music sites like Pandora and social networks like Twitter.

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Single-atom transistor is end of Moore’s Law

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A controllable transistor engineered from a single phosphorus atom shown here in the center of an image from a computer model, sits in a channel in a silicon crystal.

The smallest transistor ever built — in fact, the smallest transistor that can be built — has been created using a single phosphorus atom by an international team of researchers at the University of New South Wales, Purdue University and the University of Melbourne.

The single-atom device was described Sunday (Feb. 19) in a paper in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Michelle Simmons, group leader and director of the ARC Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication at the University of New South Wales, says the development is less about improving current technology than building future tech…

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Most outrageous food trucks in America

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Boston Lobster Feast Car

One of America’s favorite advertising tools since the 1930’s has been outfitting vehicles to look like something else , and drivers and bystanders have been treated to cars that look like everything from animals to candy – even shoes. In fact, carrying on in the tradition of Oscar Mayer, there is a whole bevy of food-shaped vehicles that deserve their moment of glory. (Pics)

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How Target knows when it’s shoppers are pregnant

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Target tries to hook parents-to-be at that crucial moment.

You share intimate details about your consumption patterns with retailers every time you go shopping. And many of those retailers are studying those details to figure out what you like, what you need, and which coupons are most likely to make you happy. For example, Target has figured out how to data-mine its way into your womb, to figure out whether you have a baby on the way long before you need to start buying diapers.

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