I love this sofa. It's comfy, looks stylish, and takes a good beating. Or at least I hope the thing can take having its stuffing beaten out when it apparently doubles as a punching bag. More »

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An older man was beaten and stabbed to death by a younger man; they had arranged a date. The younger man was tracked down by police using the same iPhone social networking app that likely brought the two together. More »

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Yesterday, the FDA approved a drug called Provenge. It trains the body's immune system to fight off advanced prostate cancer. It's also the first proof we have that immunotherapy works in the fight against the disease. More »

Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Genitourinary - Dendreon

MediaMemo throws more cold water on the idea that Apple shutting down Lala at the end of the month means a streaming iTunes.com is coming anytime soon, though they're talking to labels right now about a "web-based" iTunes. More »

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When the news broke that HP was buying Palm, discussion gravitated to the jewel of the Palm collection: WebOS. But of course HP's haul doesn't end there—there's a whole slew of bizarre PalmPilot patents they'll soon own, too. More »

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"Robiwan Kenobi" dashed together this precious little Swiss Army knife that really works, insofar as the bits actually flip out. I am tepid on Bionicle parts in general, but this is just fine by me. [via Brothers-Brick] More »

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HP buying Palm made some waves, but it's got nothing on the other big tech deals we've spotted on the horizon: More »

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Well, this didn't take long: According to the Dev Team, the iPad 3G is just as easy to jailbreak as the Wi-Fi-only iPad. And they've got the video to prove it. [Dev Team—Thanks, Beatrice!] More »

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While Avatar was technically impeccable, we have already said that 3D is Hollywood's next big scam. Film critic, Russ Meyer devotee (amen), and overall good guy Roger Ebert agrees. And he provides a definitive list of reasons: More »

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The iPad 3G is the iPad I've been waiting for. It's got two things the regular iPad doesn't: 3G internet from AT&T and assisted GPS. The results we got from testing might surprise you, I think. Updated. More »

Well, hello! We knew it was coming, but it looks like an official Twitter app is now available in the Android Marketplace. It's free and looks fantastic: More »

This is Discovery, a children nursery designed by German studio GPAC. Thirteen eggs scattered under a central glass canopy. I want to get my child there. It will match my Star Trek suit. Or my full body latex chicken outfit. More »

Now that the iPad 3G is on sale—complete with a GPS chip inside—you might want to mount it in your car. But nobody yet makes a good car solution. Scosche is gonna try—but there are issues. More »

If you think your gear runs out of juice at inopportune moments, consider the infantrymen of the world, whose lives depend on their gadgets maintaining a charge. Thus the MetalCell, a magnesium-based battery that charges with salt water. Or urine. More »

Um, could you balance completely perfectly on a ball while carrying your own body weight? This robot can. And honestly, it's kind of freaky. [YouTube via IEEE] More »

This week's NYT Magazine cover story, penned by Wired's Gary Wolf, is about people who obsessively collect data on themselves—how much they eat or sleep, how happy they feel, etc. Are numbers the path to a happier life? More »

For every positive, there's a negative. For every orange, there's an apple. For every Starsky, a Hutch. That's why someone made these ying and yang bunk beds. I like it. My back, however, won't be too happy. [Born Rich] More »

Albert-László Barabási believes that "despite the seeming randomness of human behavior, humans actually act in very predictable patterns." He's so convinced of this theory that he posted an incredibly addictive game-like version of his book Bursts online as an experiment. More »

I applaud Serious Eats for attempting sous vide in a beer cooler, but the adventurous article didn't convince me that the mass sous vide revolution would come via Coleman or Igloo. More »

Adobe may have stopped bothering with iPhones, but they certainly didn't hesitate to finally give us a tolerable Flash experience on Macs by incorporating Apple's new video acceleration API in a Flash Player preview release dubbed "Gala." More »