The 404 1,392: Where we’re fuzzy on the science (podcast)

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Leaked from today’s 404 episode:

23andMe defies FDA order to halt DNA testing.

My deadly disease was just a bug: A warning about 23andMe.

– How to get free medical advice using Bitcoins as payment.

– A theory put to the test: Do coat hangers sound as good as Monster Cables?

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Silk Road is resurrected with a new Dread Pirate Roberts

    



Showtime Anytime is finally available for Time Warner Cable customers

Showtime Anytime has been able to be accessed with a number of service providers, but one of the major players, Time Warner Cable, was absent from that list since the beginning. Starting today, however, TWC customers can begin accessing Showtime’s streaming offering, including via the iOS/Android applications and on the web. Naturally, you’ll need to have a Showtime subscription as part of your cable package to view the content — if that’s all taken care of, you’ll be ready to stream Dexter and Homeland in no time and anytime you want. And hey, Bright House Networks subscribers, this applies to you as well.

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20 Cool iGifts to Suit all Pockets

Give the joy of Apple accessories to the Apple lover in your world. Whether phone or pad or pod – they will be suited up with the latest gadgetry to let their device continue to rule their world.

 
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All the roads and flight paths America is taking for Thanksgiving

All the roads and flight paths America is taking for Thanksgiving

Tomorrow and Thursday, an estimated 43.4 million Americans will travel to celebrate Thanksgiving with their loved, hated and annoyed ones. According to NASA, 90 percent will travel by road, and the rest will use airplanes and trains. Here are the roads, train tracks and flight paths they will take.

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An iPhone-Piloted RC Plane That Does Most of the Flying For You

An iPhone-Piloted RC Plane That Does Most of the Flying For You

You may not need a pilot’s licence to take the controls of a remote control toy plane, but that doesn’t mean that keeping it in the air is easy. And to ensure that this iPhone-controlled RC SmartPlane spends more time flying than careening towards the ground, it features special software that automatically (and secretly) makes adjustments and corrections on your behalf.

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Acer’s first touchscreen Chromebook arrives next month for $299

If you’d rather get hands-on with your Chromebook work sessions, Acer is looking to lend a hand. The company has outed the C720P: its first touchscreen Chromebook, and the first we’ve seen outside of Google’s own Chromebook Pixel — something that we’ve been expecting ever since more touch-enabled features showed up in stable Chrome OS builds. The Google-fied laptop sports an 11.6-inch HD LED display with 1,366 x 768 resolution alongside an Intel Celeron 2955U processor, 32GB SSD and 2GB DDR3 RAM. Weighing in at only 2.98 pounds and measuring 0.78 inch thick, the C720P claims up to 7.5 hours of battery life — an hour less than its Haswell-powered sibling, the C720. There’s both USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports, an HDMI jack, SD card slot and two years worth of 100GB Google Drive space for extra storage. Sound too good to pass up? Well, you’ll be able to snag one in early December for $299 — far less than the $1,299 Pixel — from Amazon, Best Buy and the Acer store. %Gallery-slideshow123362%

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Acer C720P Chromebook adds touch at fraction of Google Pixel

Acer has added touch to its C720 Chromebook, creating the $200 Acer C720P Chromebook, an affordable 11.6-inch alternative to Google’s well-reviewed but expensive Pixel. The new C720P adds a 1366 x 768 touchscreen display to the C720, with Intel’s Celeron 2955U Haswell processor under the hood, and the promise of up to 7.5 hours of […]

Bacon Power Deodorant Proves Not Everything is Better with Bacon

Bacon deodorant changes your body odor into bacon odor, making everyone around you hungry for a good breakfast. Hey, when you are sweating like a pig, you might as well smell like one.
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Bacon Power stick deodorant is made with bits of real bacon, so you know it works. Fat men and dogs will follow you like the Pied Piper, but it’s worth it to smell good. However, cannibalism may be a problem. If you find yourself shipwrecked on an island with others or among other survivors of a plane crash, throw it as far away from you as possible if you want to live.

It is only $9.99(USD) from J & D’s. Don’t just smell good, smell delicious!

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Polaroid’s First Camera Caused Black Friday Pandemonium 65 Years Ago

Polaroid's First Camera Caused Black Friday Pandemonium 65 Years Ago

Polaroid is a non-entity these days, but instant photography lives on in the digital photos we produce at dazzling speeds. We’re addicted, and that’s what made Polaroid the hottest tech company in the world when its first blockbuster consumer product, the Model 95 Land Camera, went on sale. That was 65 years ago on Black Friday, November 26th, 1948.

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A Handy List of All the Ways to Shout and Wave at Xbox One

A Handy List of All the Ways to Shout and Wave at Xbox One

One of the coolest/creepiest features of the Xbox One is its ability to obey your spoken and flailed commands. But which speaks and flails will it understand, and which will be met with a blank Kinect stare? Don’t spend all Thanksgiving weekend trying to figure it out; just consult this handy chart from Microsoft’s own TechNet blog. Hi Kinect!

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