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I am not a visual person. Instead of remembering faces, I remember names. It's like I retain what I hear, but not what I see. So I didn't expect to fare too well on this famous faces test, and I really didn't at 79 percent. Though I expected worse! At first it's like ridiculously simple, and I imagine many of you will get 100 percent without having to think twice. But about three-quarters of the Read more
Remember that time I reminded you to tag yourself on Facebook and many of you said that you often deliberately did not tag yourself, or sometimes even untagged yourself? Well, a new Facebook app by Face.com uses face-recognition technology to identify photos of your contacts on Facebook. It searches tagged and untagged photos, which is cool if you're the one looking, but if you've ever untagged Read more
You've got to give this a try. It's almost as cool as Google's new streetside views feature, although it's a secret that's been kept on the down low. Say you want to find pictures of Hayden Panettiere (aka Claire Bennet) from the show "Heroes". You type in Claire Heroes in the Google Image box and your results appear. Now say you just wanted pictures of Hayden's face. By simply adding Read more
Opposite personalities may attract, but so do physical look-alikes. Yes, not only are we attracted to people who look like us, but we're attracted to people who resemble our opposite-sex parents. Personally, I think people just run in homogeneous circles and familiarity breeds comfortableness, but science disagrees. It's not just about hair and eye color or personal style, but facial structure. Read more
To say that I've been eagerly anticipating the return of Mad Men is a bit of an understatement. I've been anxious to see how season five would deal with the many unresolved story lines from the season four finale. What will happen to SCDP? Will Joan 'fess up about the father of her baby? Will Peggy ever get any recognition? Today, I'm teasing you a bit with a photo from season five's first Read more
Sprint customers will soon have a wider range of choices when it comes to phone selection. The company announced two new phones at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, one with an advanced OS, the other with a green thumb. Check out the details on each of them below, and stay tuned for pricing and release date information. Galaxy Nexus You've heard its name before. Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is Read more
Brad Pitt stepped out of the Dresden Restaurant after dinner in the LA neighborhood of Los Feliz last night. He might have been celebrating yesterday's best actor SAG Award nomination for Moneyball, and there was even more exciting news this morning. Brad also got recognition for his role when the Golden Globe nominees were announced today, but he's not the only one in his family up for an honor. Read more
One of the more awesome features of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is facial recognition. This new feature allows you to unlock your cell phone just by sticking your face in front of the camera sensor. This sounds like something straight out of the future, but one Android developer found that it may be a quick way for your phone to be hacked. In the video below, this reviewer shows that your Read more
Once dinner's been decided on, the hardest part of any special occasion meal may very well be the wine pairing. Does seafood go with reds? What sort of entrée pairs well with champagne? Enter Hello Vino, a free iOS and Android app for your oenological questions. Hello Vino helps to choose a wine based on a specific dish, occasion, grape flavor, or region. Knowing we can't all be wine Read more
Halloween comes a bit late to 90210, as the gang gets outfitted for Naomi's big masquerade party. As usual, there's plenty of issues being masked this week (see what I did there?), from Dixon's drug problem to Holly's true intentions. It's not an episode that's heavy on major moments, but there's definitely some relationship drama as a few couples grow closer together, while Silver and Navid Read more
