Top Tech News and from GizModo [May ‘11 Series]

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                      I love my single-track bike in large part for its nominal maintenance requirements—there're only so many parts that can actually break—but it's still a good idea to know what exactly what I'm ripping apart before I start. Bike Repair from Atomic Softwares is like an anatomy book for bikes.             More »

Source: Tune It Up Yourself with Bike Repair [Video]

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    Airbnb is more than an amazing site that lets anybody put their spare couch, room, or house up for rent-it's a game. The goal for hosts: to rise through the search rankings, allowing them to get bookings, meet great people from all over the world, and swim in cash. For guests: to stay at amazing and unique places for a fraction of the price of a hotel room. Here's what you need to know to win.            More »

Source: How to Use Airbnb Like a Pro [Etiquette]

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    Whenever NASA launches its next-to-last space shuttle, the Endeavour—hopefully two days from now—it'll be hauling an appropriately epic payload: the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.            More »

Source: The $2 Billion Dark-Matter-Hunting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer [Monster Machines]

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                      Life in the Googleplex has a fairy tale allure: gourmet food! Ski trips! Giant dessert statues popping up out of nowhere every six months! And if working for the company seems like some alternaworld fantasy dreamscape, well, it kind of is. Just not, it turns out, for everyone.             More »

Source: Google's Secret Class System [Video]

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    iPhones. iPads. Android. And Windows Phone 7! We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Be sure to check out all the lists!            More »

Source: The New Essential Apps April 2011: iPhone, Android, iPad and Windows Phone [Apps]

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    You may or may or may not see it coming, but it doesn't really matter. You're not going to have time to react. Because a bullet can travel at speeds exceeding 3200 feet per second, which is too fast to duck or yell or plead. Hang in there. Taking a cap to the dome means that it will be over faster than a fatal wound anywhere else.            More »

Source: Giz Explains: What Happens when You Get Shot in the Head [Warning: Graphic]

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    I love you guys. I give you the hardest challenge ever—take a great photo with only one shot—and you choose very risky, high margin for error techniques and subjects. The best submissions? Screw ups...that created something unexpectedly wonderful.            More »

Source: 61 Moments Captured in a Single Attempt [Photography]

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                     I love my knife; I carry it everywhere.  It's nothing fancy, just a sturdy little lockback—but for most household chores it's more than sufficient. Well, it was more than sufficient, until I got my hands on the new Fiskars Cuts+More Scissors.            More »

Source: Fiskars Cuts+More Scissors: Cut Like Wolverine [Video]

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                      The iPad's native iPod app isn't particularly pretty nor easy to use—you either get a dense list of artist names or a scattershot cover view—but even if it did get a swell redesign, it's hard to imagine it existing in the same universe as the breathtaking cosmic music player Planetary.             More »

Source: Planetary for iPad [Video]

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    Killing ol' OBL wasn't just the work of SEAL Team 6—the beyond-badasses had a cadre of support staff backing them up behind the scenes, including classified hyperspectral imaging device experts. So, uh, what does that mean?            More »

Source: Hyperspectral Imaging Helped Kill Osama bin Laden. But What the Hell Is It? [Whatis]