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After yesterday's images of vagabonds using notebooks, two homeless people told us about their lifestyle, why they chose it, and why technology is so important every single day. This is the story of one of them.—JD


I'm Homeless and This Is Why I Have an iPad [Life]

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By lowering the price to $99, Apple has made a bold thrust into the living room, proclaiming, "This is the streamer for the masses." But, ho, masses! Should you add this relatively inexpensive box to your increasingly cluttered TV system?


Do I Need an Apple TV? [Video]

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Like water, smoke is beautiful, powerful and unpredictable. The 82 photos from this week's Shooting Challenge not only capture smoke as smoke, but smoke as demons, jellyfish and...OK...sometimes just as smoke.            


82 Striking Photos of Smoke [Photography]

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Yesterday morning, you looked good. Yesterday evening, before you went out, you're pretty sure you looked real good. So who the hell is this schlub in the Facebook album from last night, tagged with your name?

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Giz Explains: Why You Look Different in Photos Than You Do in the Mirror [Video]

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When the iPhone 4 was revealed, it was obvious that its design was more fragile than the previous generation: If you double the glass panes, the accidental shattering rate will increase too. Now there is data to confirm this theory.


iPhone 4 Cracked Glass Cases Almost Double the iPhone 3GS' [Iphone 4]

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We're live at Sony's Internet TV press conference, where we're seeing the "world's first HDTV powered by Google TV" (and its gnarly remote). Not bad at all, $1400 for the 46-inch model, available this weekend. Updated.            


This Is Sony's $1399 Google TV-Powered Internet TV [Googletv]

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Sally Davies bought a McDonald's Happy Meal on April 26, 2010. She placed it on her coffee table, uncovered, and took photos every day for six months. This video shows the results, which are quite scary.                         

This Is Why You Shouldn't Eat Happy Meals [Video]

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Sally Davies bought a McDonald's Happy Meal on April 26, 2010. She placed it on her coffee table, uncovered, and took photos every day for six months. This video shows the results, which are quite scary. Updated: McDonald's official reply.      

Video: Six Months of the Everlasting Happy Meal [Video]

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Is that a Lion lurking in Apple's invite for a "Back to the Mac" event on October 20? It looks like a brand new version OS X. I hope they call it Simba. But what else?


Apple "Back to the Mac" Event Oct. 20: New OS X and MacBook Air? [Apple]

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Creepy stalkers, annoying telemarketers, jilted lovers: The list of people whose calls you don't want can get long. And you might feel short on options for keeping their profane digits from polluting your sacred caller ID. You're not.   

How to Fend Off Unwelcome Callers [Annoyances]