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Didn't you notice? It was just Nokia World! But with profits plummeting and executives fleeing—both at alarming rates—maybe it should have been a reckoning instead.   
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Nokia Is the McDonald's of Phones [Video]

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As expected, Sony's Move is perfectly competent, hardware-wise, because Sony is a hardware company. But making games that mimic Nintendo's casual-friendly Wii party games is the wrong move. Instead, they need to focus on their true fanbase: The hardcore fans.            
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Sony Move Review: Don't Be Wii 2.0 [Video]

[techieguy]

Listen, cookbooks are great. That's fine. But do you know what else is great? Friggin' apps. With the right apps, your smartphone or tablet is your new cookbook—and cooking instructor, and sous chef. Here are the best.   
                       

The Best Cooking Apps [Appbattle]

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Everyone loves instant ramen, but eating the same starchy Maruchan crap every night is boring. Here's a short list of ingredients that'll help you doctor your ramen—and save  you from feeling like the broke-ass that you truly are.
         

Souped Up: How to Make Instant Ramen into a Gourmet Meal [Hack]

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The FCC just cleared a path for a new generation of "Super Wi-Fi" technologies. Sounds great! But what the heck is Super Wi-Fi?                        

What Is "Super Wi-Fi"? [Super Wi-fi]

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If you lose a limb in this day and age, the miracle of science can provide you with a cool carbon fiber leg, and even append actual senses. The olden-time folks who had to wear these contraptions weren't so lucky.
                      

15 Mildly Horrifying Vintage Prostheses [Prosthetics]

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Hey America: You waste almost 40 percent of the food you produce. WTF? Sure, you can address that by making behavioral changes, but, uhm... boring! Fortunately, we can fix this. With gear.   

10 Teched-Out Techniques for Saving Food [Foodwaste]

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In just a few short years we've almost forgotten the concept of "saving" a document. Close an app? It's just there. Until it isn't.
                        

When Good Apps Go Bad [Development]

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The basic premises of going to a restaurant haven't changed tremendously throughout history. You sit down. You order. It shows up. Maybe it's good. But new, high tech establishments around the world are putting a innovative spin on eating out.            
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Nine Restaurants Sent Back From the Future to Destroy Us (With Good Eats) [Video]

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Frank Reynolds's story is obviously a complex, multi-year affair that involved years of research, but for the attention-span deprived, a summary: He was partially paralyzed. He researched neuroscience. Underwent intense physical rehabilitation. Walked again. Then he created InVivo.
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Frank Reynolds Treated His Own Spinal Cord Injury and Walked Again [Video]