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Re-adjust what you imagine when you think of a fast sailboat. Forget the floppy sails, majestic prows, and guys scurrying around in silly caps. Those would fly off on a C-class catamaran. Hell, the boats even fly.            

The Sailboat Race that Outpaces the Wind [Sailboats]

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You're gonna want to either get comfortable or move on, because I'm fixin' to write about 700 words on video pinball. Seriously.      

Obsession: Video Pinball [Lifechanger]

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Anyone who's tried to type on a TiVo—searching for YouTube, or viewing Netflix, or trying to find that show you want to record—knows it's both tedious and rage-inducing. TiVo Slide fixes this problem, plus, it's a better remote entirely.         

TiVo Slide Remote Lightning Review: Entering Text Finally Doesn't Suck [Review]

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Those cheap earphones you keep buying year after year? The ones with the cool designs? They all kinda sound the same, huh? There's a pretty good reason for that: They actually are all the same earphones.

The Secret Scam of Cheap Earbuds [Earbuds]

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Forty bucks for an iPhone case? Scam of the century. Here are seven cases that will keep your new iPhone 4 pristine and cost less than a couple of apps.

Sub-$5 iPhone Cases That Will Get the Job Done [Dealzmodo]

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Your eyes are absorbing this webpage. They're passing over this, this, then this word, right now. That's how reading works, online: you take this for granted. But what if you couldn't?   

Giz Explains: How Blind People See the Internet [Gizexplains]

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We've reached the point where buying a "new"  could still mean you're using firmware that's 18 months old. There's got to be a better way.         

Please Stop Making New Phones With Old Firmware [Qotd]

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"inventor" was an honest-to-god occupation. You could check a box, and tell the U.S. Census Bureau that's what you were. Now, inventors are as-seen-as-on-TV caricatures and "innovation" is a corporate-speak. We want to celebrate invention. Eureka.

Eureka: Hello Invention [Eureka]

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Calling! In Gmail!. It's been rumored for a little bit, but now it's here. Merged. You can make phone calls from Gmail (without going to your GV page). And they're free to the US and Canada.         

Make Free Calls in Gmail With Google Voice [Google Voice]

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Cats. Dogs. The occasional lizard, pig or rock. These are your pets, Gizmodo readers. And for this week's Shooting Challenge, you photographed them brilliantly.
   

369 Absolutely Adorable Pet Wallpapers [Photography]