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Leap motion tracker makes sci-fi dreams reality for $70

  Tony Stark, "Minority Report," and the like tend to come up in discussions of 3-D motion control technology — and once you see msnbc.com's Rosa Golijan test out a device called the Leap, you'll understand why. Full story

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Keep Facebook between friends, not strangers

Facebook provokes enough anxiety when it releases well-designed and tested features that affect user privacy, such as its new global email addresses that bumped users' "outside" email addresses off their profiles. But experimenting with a feature that puts people at physical risk is troubling. Full story

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Computer learns to make oriental ink paintings

  A computer has mastered Sumi-e, a style of oriental ink painting that conveys a scene with just a few, delicate brush strokes. Full story

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Click through the top 10 pictures of the 2011 Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition.

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'Guild Wars 2' opens the door to Tyria in August

After years of anticipation, massively multiplayer online gaming fans will soon get what they've been waiting for: "Guild Wars 2." The role-playing game set in the world of Tyria officially launches on August 28, Mike O’Brien, the game's executive producer, announced Thursday.

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Keep Facebook between friends, not strangers

Facebook provokes enough anxiety when it releases well-designed and tested features that affect user privacy, such as its new global email addresses that bumped users' "outside" email addresses off their profiles. But experimenting with a feature that puts people at physical risk is troubling.


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