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3-D isn't big selling point for HDTV buyers, but smart TVs may get hot

Despite a dramatic rise in sales of 3-D HDTVs, only 14 percent of consumers call 3-D a “must have” feature, according to new research. But as 3-D fades, the demand for an Internet-connected TV is likely to increase. Full story

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Facebook 'likes' Zuckerberg's wedding more than his IPO

The social network's nearly one billion users (those saps!) stand to earn at least an emotional dividend from Mark and Priscilla's wedding photo. Full story

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Is the end near? Robot programmed to build its own tools

The robot apocalypse appears to be getting ever closer, especially now that a team of European scientists has designed a machine that can make its own tools. Full story

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Click through the top 10 pictures of the 2011 Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition.

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Storm chasers to look deep inside tornadoes

Come tornado season, meteorologist Joshua Wurman spends his life on the road, zooming down highways in search of thunderstorms. This summer, he and his colleagues will turn nomad to launch a first-of-its-kind program aimed at exploring tornado winds — not from the outside but from deep within the tornado vortex.

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That 'Minority Report' interface? It's now only $70 away

If you've ever watched "Minority Report" and wished that you could interact with your computer just by waving your hands around, then you might want to take a look at the Leap. It's a tiny little gadget which will supposedly allow you to control your devices by waving your hands, wiggling your fingers, or fidgeting with a pen.

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'Ghost Recon' shoots for hardcore Facebook gaming

Hardcore gamers tend to turn up their noses at Facebook games. Click, click, clicking your mouse to ... grow and harvest cauliflower? Pshaw. Where are the guns? Where are the flying bullets? The publisher behind the "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon" military shooting games has set out to try and remedy that. Today Ubisoft launched "a fast-paced strategic combat experience that challenges everything you know about Facebook games."