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10 Hilarious Animated GIFs that Took the Web by Storm1. Darth Raver Adding a Star Wars reference almost always results in a viral sensation. Click here to view this gallery.Along with all of the other weird quirks of the web, animated GIFs are extremely popular — especially on content-curating sites like Tumblr... Meet Beckinfield, a YouTube Show With 4,000 Actors [PICS]The make-believe town of Beckinfield is the setting for the Mad Libs-style show of the same name, which uses crowd-sourced amateur actors from all over the world who create the show’s story by posting videos. Writers outline the plot and email a “town happenings” newsletter to ... Breaking Down Apple’s Billions [INFOGRAPHIC]It’s no secret Apple, one of the most valuable public companies in the world, is making major cash off today’s tech gadgets — but how much? This week, the company reported a record net profit of more than $13.6 billion for its quarterly report lasting 14 weeks and ending Dec. 31, 2011.... 7 Big Privacy Concerns for New Facebook and the Open GraphIt’s not always clear how Facebook apps interact with the data you share on the social network. Are they allowed to broadcast it? Sell it? Compile it in a way that you never intended? “When you turn all Platform applications off, your User ID is no longer given to applications, even when ... ACTA ‘Is More Dangerous Than SOPA’SOPA and PIPA are stalled (or dead) in the halls of the U.S. Congress. Yet, there may be a bigger, perhaps more dangerous threat to Internet freedoms on the way, called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. At least that’s how U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R. – Calif., ... ‘Sh*t Politicians Say’ Video Arrives Ahead of Republican DebateThe latest political parody — Sh*t Politicians Say — just hit YouTube, keeping the unstoppable Sh*t [Insert Stereotype] Say meme alive for yet another day. Go ahead and bemoan the meme all you want; you’re still going to watch the clip. And you should because it has multiple pur... ‘Sh*t Politicians Say’ Video ArrivesThe latest political parody — Sh*t Politicians Say — just hit YouTube, keeping the unstoppable Sh*t [Insert Stereotype] Say meme alive for yet another day. Go ahead and bemoan the meme all you want; you’re still going to watch the clip. And you should because it has multiple pur... Happy 2nd Birthday, iPad. What Will This Toddler Be When it Grows up?Two years ago this Friday — Jan. 27, 2010 — Apple unveiled the iPad to the world. At the time, critics and analysts were quick to mock the name, criticize the devices shortcomings and predict that while the Apple name would sell the product, it wouldn’t create a new market. Boy... Newly Discovered Asteroid Narrowly Misses EarthIt isn’t just the sun’s radiation storm getting all up in Earth’s face this week. An asteroid the size of a school bus, discovered mere days ago, came about five times closer to us than the moon Friday. The good news is an asteroid that size would have burned up in the Earth... Facebook IPO: Everything You Need to Know [VIDEO]By now you’ve probably heard the news: Facebook could be filing its papers for IPO as early as next week. A Wall Street Journal report, siting some anonymous sources, spilled the news that many of us may have been suspecting following a week of big Facebook events. On Tuesday, F... |