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Mystech: Finally, you can reply (with confidence and forensic proof) that you know that photo your Uncle sent you of the kitten smashing a jetliner, is indeed, fake.  The internet is saved!

Mac: We’ve discussed how a keen eye can help you detect if an image has been photoshopped, but if you need an app to help you determine if that photo is a fake, Photo Police is a utility for the Mac that can help. If it does detect that an image has been modified, it will show you what’s been changed so you can get an idea of …
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Mystech:  Someone ought to market this as truly green advertising as a replacement to signage and billboards. In cities like Seattle (aka the Emerald/Mossy City), you’d have no problem growing these things.

We lurve green graffiti, so when we spotted this DIY moss graffiti recipe over on Green Prophet we just had to share it with you. Stories from Space is experimenting with the perfect formula that allows you to green your walls with moss and choose the shape in which it finally matures. All you need to get started is a can of beer, a tiny bit of sugar, …
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Google Earth is pretty great as it stands, but I like where it’s going even better. And that place is Simsville, with a stop-off at Liberty City along the way.

The internet giant has released a map of New York City that’s astonishing in detail, combining satellite data with shots from its fleet of Google Streetview cars to generate a completely three-dimensional image of the city.

It’s great as a plaything, or even as a guide to getting around the Big Apple, but I’m having more fun dreaming up gaming applications for something like this. And don’t lie and try …
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Shared by Glen

What the hell, I’ll play!

The Obama administration has sounded out Microsoft’s main man, CEO Steve Ballmer, on the possibility of the company producing a video game which would task players with balancing the US budget.

Not as fun as tearing up a desert nation looking for weapons of mass destruction, I agree, but it’s just as important.

Erskine Bowles, who has been tasked by President Obama with finding ways to get the United State’s budget back out of the red, envisages the game as being a simple one, “that would enable anyone with a computer to …
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According to an image that briefly appeared in the flash rotation on top of Blizzard’s online store, the Celestial Steed mount will soon be joining the World of Warcraft pet store as a purchasable in-game item. Update: They’re live!

Back in November of last year, Blizzard began selling in-game pets at the Blizzard store. They were the first virtual items for World of Warcraft officially sold by Blizzard, and I suspected there would be more to come, should the first items offered sell well. With proceeds going to charity, the Pandaren Monk pet sold in excess of 220,000 units in …
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