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• Run a Total Background Check on Yourself with Free Online Tools [Privacy]
  Consumer-advocate blog Consumerist is always looking to help you keep tabs on Big Brother and any of your personal information He's tracking. Toward that end, their comprehensive list of online background-checking tools is worth a look.Photo by Charline Tetiyevsky. Why would you want to run a background check on yourself? We've offered reasons befo […]
• Remains of the Day: Why DRM Doesn't Work Edition [For What It's Worth]
  Designer Brad Colbow details how to download an audio book from the Cleveland Public Library (or why DRM doesn't work), YouTube adds closed captioning to all videos, and a Google employee predicts that "in three years time desktops will be irrelevant."(Click the image above for a closer look.) Why DRM Doesn't Work? Another side of the sam […]
• Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn
  Hugh Pickens writes "The LA Times reports that Orange County officials are locked in a legal battle with a couple accused of violating city ordinances for replacing the grass on their lawn with wood chips and drought-tolerant plants, reducing their water usage from 299,221 gallons in 2007 to 58,348 gallons in 2009. The dispute began two years ago, when […]
• G-Point Mouse Is Not a Very Good Valentine's Gift [Mouse]
  This sleek fire red mouse may be a perfect Valentine's gift. Smooth and beautiful. Until you see the whole thing from above. See what I mean? [Yanko Design] Bad Valentine is our own special take on the beauty—and awkwardness—of geek love.
• Science Valentine