Playboy puts 57 years of articles, nudity online 

If you've long harbored tender memories of Miss February 1988 but misplaced your dusty old box of Playboys, take heart.

The House that Hef built is putting all its magazines -- from the inaugural December 1953 issue with cover girl Marilyn Monroe, to the current one with rock heiress Lizzy Jagger -- into an online searchable database.

Playboy Enterprises on Thursday announced a subscription service that provides online access to every page of every issue, giving readers everywhere the chance to catch up with those, um, fiction excerpts, interviews and investigative articles

One way to organize your computer is by creating folders for the certain things like pictures,videos or typed documents your trying to organize and save them in it.

Tagging-on the web it is being used to categorize web pages through social bookmarking websites.

Social bookmarking-is a method for online users to organize, save, manage and search for certain bookmarks.

Microsoft to buy Skype for $8.5 billion

-  Microsoft has agreed to buy Internet phone service provider Skype for $8.5 billion in cash, the companies announced Tuesday.

Skype -- currently owned by a group led by private equity firm Silver Lake -- will become a new business unit within Microsoft, which will be run by Tony Bates, the company's current chief executive.Microsoft said it plans to incorporate Skype's real-time video and voice communications into its existing product lines, including Office, Windows Phone and the Xbox gaming system.

As the largest acquisition in its history, the deal marks a significant change in strategy for Microsoft, which has not bought another 

Mortal Kombat' a triumphant reboot

"Mortal Kombat" reboots the origins of the classic video game with a time-travel story, awesome new moves and (for the first time) the ability for tag-team action.The latest version in the iconic series from NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. Entertainment returns to the game's roots with fast action, brutal results and a story mode that takes players back to the first three "Mortal Kombat" games in an effort to change the future. Fatalities make a return, as well as a new move called X-ray.

Nintendo Wii moves toward retirement

The Wii, once the cutting edge of video game technology, is headed the way of the Atari 2600 and the Sega Genesis.

Nintendo Co. Ltd. said Monday that it plans to replace the Wii with a new system in 2012. The video game maker said it will "show a playable model of the new system" at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles from June 7 to 9.

The company said it will reveal more information about the new game system at that time.

Nintendo said it has sold more than 86 million units of the Wii, a system that relies on hand and body movement, since its launch in 2006. Going forward, the company said it has not included sales of the new system in its financial forecast for the fiscal year ending in March 2012.

AP union says no tweeting

In dicey union negotiations, it seems the modern silent protest is an embargo on tweeting.

Representatives for the News Media Guild are urging union employees of the Associated Press not to promote their stories on Facebook or Twitter early next week.

Reporters often volunteer to spread links out of good will for their employer or for obvious narcissistic reasons. The labor union is discouraging people whose job explicitly entails using social-networking services from participating in the boycott.

DO NOW

1)what you think a podcast is? is a series of digital media files.


2) why people create podcasts? to let people info.


3)your experiences creating podcast? i have no previous experience with a podcast.


4)what tools can help you create a podcast? you can use a wav file and also a microphone.


5) what topic specifically would you like to create a podcast? sports and other interest of mine 

Field of dreams: Ballparks unveil tech upgrades

 Professional sports teams are attempting at a furious rate to lure fans away from the comfort of their couches to live games. And sweet technological upgrades to their home venues become a bigger selling point every year.

Roughly a dozen Major League Baseball clubs followed that strategy by making tech-centric improvements to their ballparks in advance of the 2011 season, which kicks off Thursday. Notable upgrades include ballpark-wide Wi-Fi access (Chicago White Sox) and LED high-definition ribbon boards (Arizona Diamondbacks). Here's a deeper look at nine other teams that have made similar significant upgrades.

spring break

i don't have any plans yet but when i get some i will let you people know.
PEACE OUT PLAYAS

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U.S. robots aid Japanese relief efforts

                                     As Japan's disaster evolves, so too are the measures taken to mitigate the chaos.

One such initiative comes from U.S. military contractor iRobot, which will help Japan's army incorporate robots into their recovery efforts. The company joins at least two Japanese robotics teams on the ground in the quake- and tsunami-ravaged country, one of which operates an 8-meter-long, snakelike robot with a camera.

iRobot, based in Bedford, Massachusetts, is donating four ground-based models to the Japan relief effort: two PackBots and two Warriors.

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

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Android passes BlackBerry as No. 1 on smartphone

 Android is now the most-used smartphone operating system in the United States -- a stunning race to the top from a platform that didn't exist just 27 months ago.

Nearly one third, or 31.2%, of U.S. smartphones ran Google's android OS in January, according to a study released Monday by comScore. That outpaced the 30.4% of American smartphone owners who use BlackBerry devices, which are made by Research in Motion.

Google pulls 21 apps in Android     malware scare

 Google has just pulled 21 popular free apps from the Android Market. According to the company, the apps are malware aimed at getting root access to the user's device, gathering a wide range of available data, and downloading more code to it without the user's knowledge.

Although Google has swiftly removed the apps after being notified (by the ever-vigilant "Android Police" bloggers), the apps in question have already been downloaded by at least 50,000 Android users.

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Retailers clamoring to buy your old phones

 As demand for the latest smartphones and other mobile devices soars to a fever pitch, more retailers are jockeying to snatch up older gadgets.

Electronics chain Best Buy, Web auction house eBay and most major cellular carriers have either launched or ramped up their trade-in programs in recent months. Each of them, along with myriad startups, wants a bite of the huge resale market.

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LG is hoping its groundbreaking phone, with the hottest entertainment-focused technology on the market, will ride the 3-D wave being pushed by Hollywood, TV networks and other creators of media content.

i basically hung out with my friends and i also saw the bulls vs hornets game.

this is a prototype for the ipad2.

my tech article is about the apple's production on the i-pad 2 .A prototype of the iPad 2 was apparently spotted by a Reuters reporter after the launch of News Corp's iPad publication, the Daily, last week. And an unconfirmed report from DigiTimes in December said that Foxconn, the Chinese makers of the iPhone and iPad, had been ordered to manufacture the iPad 2 in market-ready quantities by the end of February.

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Top 5 PG in the NBA right now

1.DERRICK ROSE =M.V.P
2.CHRIS PAUL
3.DERON WILLIAMS
4.RAJON RONDO
5.RAYMOND FELTON

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whats up dog this is dukes i am a senior at wood ridge high school. i have 3 bro's and a mom and dad. my favorite teams are the METS, RAMS, BULLS AND THE NEW YORK RANGERS. i am also 6'2 and good looking              YEA PLAYA