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You know Google had the decency to not allow facial recognition (Google Goggles), but at Facebook…. You get Zucked, baby!

In a very secretive move, Facebook has slowly introduced a new facial recognition feature, that finds pictures with your face and suggests to your friends that they tag you in it. If you’d rather this feature be turned off, here’s how to disable it.

I don’t know about you, but I’d rather Facebook not go around telling everyone to tag me in their pictures, especially if they’re of the less flattering variety. While it’s pretty annoying that …
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Ok, sure I know many folks have issues with various protest organization, but I have a particular soft spot for funny guerrilla protests.

Photo courtesy of Greenpeace USA

Mattel is the nation’s largest and most iconic toy company, and the creator of perhaps the most famous and enduring toy in America: Barbie. Unfortunately, a new report from Greenpeace reveals that Mattel relies on packaging made from wood obtained in Indonesia’s threatened rainforests — which are home to a slew of endangered species like orangutans and tigers. The green group is urging the toymaker to stop using rainforest-derived …
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While this phone might look like it has traveled from the past, it might make a great secondary travel/field phone for those using SIM based mobile providers. And the quad band could come in handy, you know, any place other than the US.

The Everlast is the world’s first dual battery, dual SIM mobile phone. The quad band handset also features a .3 megapixel camera, microSD card support, MP3 radio, FM radio, Bluetooth and Java on board. Oh and the batteries are hot […]

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That’s the thing about Inflatables and Tea Party Logic… both are easy to poke holes into.

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You’ve probably heard of the Americans for Prosperity, the infamous hard-line libertarian group that was co-founded by the Koch brothers. Many experts credit the organization with the rise of the Tea Party, and it still serves as a primary ideological driver. And it’s far from resting on its laurels. Right now, the group has announced that it is undertaking a campaign to blame Obama for Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Just the thing for your next fantasy themed picnic or camp over!

All aboard, mates! We know that Pirates mania is sweeping the world right now as Johnny Depp reprises his role as Captain Jack Sparrow, so what better way to usher in this spanking new iteration […]

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