Newsvine makes The Economist pages

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Paparazzi Science is officially launched

As a computer vision researchers, I've always been a little skeptical of the field, even in my scientific publication. Now, there seems to be change in the air... and the news seem just suited for those with paparazzi tastes.

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How to escape Big Bother's watchful eye

Are you in need to post something against your government?

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What do you fear? What should you fear?

What do you fear? What should you fear? In human psychology, errors of judgment are not exceptions. They are the rule.

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Beauty and the Boring Drudges

Being beautiful pays off, even in the most unexpected careers.

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Lessons the iPod should have told by now.

The great insight among Apple's designers of the iPod was: don't let users manage files with the device. Let them do their managing from the computer. Let the device be sharp and futuristic looking; click-wheel plus button.

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One comma going out for one million Canadian Dollars

What is similarity? If the Google search engine found two pages with thousands of words and a mere comma of difference between them, should Google classify the pages as similar? If you think so, look at it from a human's (or perhaps one might better put it as a lawyer's) eyes.

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The fluidity of the concept of richness

Cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter (Pulitzer-prize winner for Gödel, Escher, Bach) has repeatedly argued about how human concepts are "fluid", and sensitive to context. Here's an example: can economists clearly mark out who's poor and who's not?

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Convert videos without computer programs

Now you can convert music and video files by uploading them and later downloading from this webservice.

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Protect your privacy: just give it up.

What if you're scarred the government is spying on you? That's what was on mr. Hasan Elahi's mind, wrongly accused of holding explosives on the aftermath of 9-11. Afraid of being Guatanamoed, mr.

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Microsoft: using querosene to put out a fire?

Microsoft is trying to silence Zune critics by claiming some obscure infringement of the user agreement of a logo. Yes, you read that one right: a logo!

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YouTube on your pocket

We've all had a blast from some of youtube's videos. But now it's possible to carry them around on your iPod... just follow the tricks and you'll be showing those videos to your friends in no time.

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