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From the Tips Box: Defrosting Meat, Packing Materials, and Remembering Secret Numbers [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for defrosting meat in the microwave, shipping items with just a paper bag, and remembering sensitive numbers like Social Security or bank PINs. More
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IPhone Battery Replacement: DIY or Not?

When an iPhone's battery needs replacing, can you do it yourself?
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Protecting Your Privacy on Google Buzz

The new social networking service continues to evolve, giving users more control over who can see what.
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Want a Verizon-Based Nexus One? You’ll Have To Buy It From Google [Verizon]

It doesn't really come as a huge surprise, but apparently the only way to get your hands on a Verizon-based Nexus One will be to order it straight from Google. More
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Slacker Radio Planning On-Demand Music Service [Slacker]

Wired is reporting that Slacker Radio has secretly been prepping an on-demand music subscription service that will give users unprecedented control over streaming radio. More
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iPhone 4G: 25 most-wanted features (photos) (CNET)

Apple's next-generation iPhone will most likely arrive in June. Here's a look at some of the feature and design upgrades we'd like to see, including their odds of implementation. (The wish list is ordered from least to most important).
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More becoming ‘mayors’ on Foursquare

In March 2009, Foursquare's founders journeyed to Austin, Texas, to announce their concept: a smartphone app that lets you tell friends where you are. A year later, their location-based networking service is catching on.
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The Void Between Protons and Electrons Makes Us All Phantoms [Science]

Are you real? You may seem real and solid, but you are mostly made of empty space. To demonstrate it, someone enlarged an electron to the size of one pixel , proportionally showing its distance from a equally scaled proton. More
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GoPetFriendly Finds Pet-Friendly Hotels, Campgrounds, and Much More [Travel]

We love traveling with our pets, but we don't like gambling on whether the hotel where we want to stay allows animals. Web site GoPetFriendly helps figure out where to rest your head without leaving Rover behind. More
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The Business Card Is Alive and Well After All [What You Said]

Earlier this week we asked if you still carried business cards , pointing out that the business card feels more and more outdated in a digital age. Your response: Digital age be damned! Around 70 percent of you still carry business cards—37 percent carrying them wherever you go, 33 percent making sure they're on hand where people commonly exchange them. Only 13 percent of you have gone the "who needs 'em" route, while 14 percent of you have them but don't carry them often. Photo by boblet . More
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