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New Software Can Make You Skinny for the Camera

Ryan Tate · 10/07/10 02:40PM

The New Scientist, which interviewed the lead developer of the software, said the tool could allow advertisers to save money by avoiding shooting multiple to account for varying "standards of beauty... across cultures." It could also enhance actor health:

Branding's Greatest Misses: The New Gap Logo

Hamilton Nolan · 10/07/10 11:06AM

People really are very upset about the new logo of famous clothing store GAP! Whereas the former white-on-blue logo was iconic, the new black-letters-next-to-a-little-blue-box design has Gap fans and branding experts alike befuddled and discombobulated.

New Facebook Offers Cliques for Privacy

Ryan Tate · 10/06/10 03:36PM

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken some fierce criticism for compromising his users' privacy. Today he issued a clever response, taking the primordial tendency of humans to form groups and rolling it into his product as a feature.

The Ultimate Map of Internet Hangouts

Ryan Tate · 10/06/10 02:27PM

Online web comic XKCD created this awesome map of online communities, scaled to relative user activity. It's got many more websites than the 2007 original; the embedded caption indicates loads of research went into this thing. A larger version's below.

This House Will Make You As Cool as the Entourage Boys

Richard Lawson · 10/06/10 10:46AM

Wanna live like a major Hollywood player, with hot babes and cool bros around you all the time (or at least a half-hour each week)? Then buy the Entourage house, where Vince and the boys regularly yuk it up.

Hundreds of Celebrities Spied on By State Department Rogue

Ryan Tate · 10/06/10 10:40AM

A government clerk has been charged with improperly accessing computerized passport data on hundreds of celebrities and their families. Lindsay Lohan's sister Ali had her information compromised, and the family is up in arms.

Woman Accidentally Superglues Eye Shut

Richard Lawson · 10/06/10 10:24AM

A Phoenix woman trying to use eye drops after cataract surgery grabbed superglue instead, sealing her eye shut. Why would you keep superglue near your medicine, anyway? Should we not be keeping our breath mints near our cyanide pills?