The 404 Podcast 515: Where we look to our hands for inspiration

Today’s episode of CNET’s The 404 Podcast features a pink Ouija Board, the newest Facebook meme, search engine profiling, and Google’s latest mapping feature that waves good-bye to your shopping privacy. (Credit: Derrick Chen/The 404) The infamous Ouija Board is still just as popular as it was when Hasbro first unleashed it in 1967. In fact, it even got extra publicity with a flaming cameo in last year’s horror flick Paranormal Activity, but angry Christians aren’t happy about Hasbro’s latest idea for a Pink Ouija Board . Who knew that a pink square of cardboard and a magnifying glass could get so much controversy? Please let this actually happen. (Credit: Facebook ) First there was Doppelganger Week , then Urban Dictionary Week , and now we finally have a Facebook meme that The 404 Podcast can get behind: Can this pickle…
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JimAyson (Jim Ayson) : Geolocation is the next battleground in social networking (CNET) - http://bit.ly/bIWDSQ.. Updated : 2010-03-10T21:30:58Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Blackned (Luis Sandoval ) : ingeniero de sistemas de 9 años... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10435937-56.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1.. Updated : 2010-03-10T21:29:39Z | Reply | View Tweet |
| Applocalypse (Applocalypse) : Apple tops Consumer Reports' tech support survey - CNET News: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10467112-37.html?tag=twitter2.. Updated : 2010-03-10T21:29:14Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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cpugroup (CPU Group, Inc.) : In the geolocation wars, SXSWi is just a skirmish (source: CNET): Headlines leading up to the annual Austin, Texa... http://bit.ly/ajPxKS.. Updated : 2010-03-10T21:28:22Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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GPayneBuzzBox (Greg Payne) : #3D_TV #Panasonic on 1 Fav Source+5 others like CNET News-Panasonic, Best Buy double down on 3D TV http://bit.ly/dC3C67.. Updated : 2010-03-10T21:28:00Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Oprah gets Pwned by Shaq on Twitter
[Celebrity]Your first day on Twitter can be rough. Twittering's still a brand new thing to a lot of people, and a lot of people have Twitterfails. Nobody on Twitter on Friday, though, got as much attention as Oprah, who tweeted for the first time.
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Google uncloaks once-secret server
[Hardware]Unusually, the search giant designs its own servers. For the first time, Google unveils one publicly, showing a surprise built-in battery.
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OMG! Did Google Earth find Atlantis?
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Hacking programmable road signs
[Security]According a report on i-hacked.com, the programmable road signs that are ubiquitous these days are often unprotected against being re-programmed by unauthorized people.
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Obama wants to know: Why open source?
[Linux/Unix]President Barack Obama is a smart guy. Where others zig, he zags. It's perhaps not surprising, then, that he's been asking around about the benefits of open source, according to Sun Chairman Scott McNealy, who has been asked by President Obama to author a white paper on the benefits the U.S. government can derive from open source.



























