• Video Captures Scary Washington Bridge Collapse
    May 24, 2013 10:04:55 PM

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    More proof that the cameras are everywhere. The frightening collapse of a bridge in Washington State on the busy Interstate 5 was actually caught by a surveillance camera.

    A huge portion of the bridge fell into the Skagit River on Thursday night after an over-sized freight truck struck part of the structure. The grainy video, obtained by AP, actually shows a large white truck moving through the bridge moments before a large section carrying two vehicles plunged into the river below. Miraculously, the passengers of all those vehicles escaped with only minor injuries.

    According to an AP report, the truck driver noticed he hit something and had time to look in his rear view mirror and see the bridge collapse. It could be months before the bridge is repaired and travel in that part of Washington State is returned to normal. Read more...

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  • Myspace's New Architects Reveal How to Rebuild a Brand
    May 24, 2013 9:27:41 PM

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    There's perhaps nothing harder than changing the public perception of a brand once it's been imprinted in popular culture's psyche. Especially when it's left a bad taste in users' mouths. But that was exactly the job facing Ben Johnston and Jess Huddart, CEO and creative director of Josephmark, the 25-person Australian studio tasked with rebuilding the new Myspace from the ground up.

    The duo recently came to Los Angeles where they spoke with Mashable about the challenges and successes of redesigning a brand. They say the project's goal is to bring the site back to its simple core values of music and artist discovery. They want the new Myspace to be visually captivating enough to keep and gain new users, so they're incorporating a design reminiscent of Tumblr and Pinterest. Read more...

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  • Alfonso Ribeiro, Will and Jaden Smith Do the Carlton Dance
    May 24, 2013 8:41:32 PM

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    Gather 'round nerds, '90s kids and fans of Carlton Banks

    Will Smith and son Jaden recently made an appearance on the BBC's Graham Norton Show. In the video above, they perform a father-son rap together, which is kind of cool. But the real fun starts at the 3:45 mark, when none other than Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel-Air castmate Alfonso Ribeiro — Carlton Banks himself, the coolest nerd in TV history — makes a surprise visit

    See also: Will Smith Proves He's Still Got Insane Rapping Skills

    Things then take an immediate turn for the awesome when Ribeiro and both Smiths go into the notorious "Carlton dance" that Ribeiro made famous on the show. The outstanding YouTube clip is blowing up the social web, so check it out for yourself above and let us know what you think in the comments Read more...

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  • UCLA Surgeons Live Vine Brain Surgery
    May 24, 2013 8:01:24 PM

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    Doctors at UCLA Health in Southern California documented a brain surgery on Thursday by using Instagram and Vine, showing yet another ground-breaking use of social media in the hospital setting.

    We've already witnessed the world's first live-tweeted open-heart surgery from Houston, as well as a live-tweet of a brain surgery. But what was noteworthy about Thursday's live surgery from Los Angeles was the use of newbie social platform Vine, as the Los Angeles Times reported. Check out a sampling of the Vine video posts below.

    The UCLA Health System (@UCLAHealth) used the hashtag, #UCLAORLive, to chronicle Thursday's operation. This was the UCLA deep brain stimulation team's 500th patient for which they implanted a brain pacemaker, according to the #UCLAORLive event page on Facebook. A brain pacemaker can help "cease Parkinson's disease and essential tremor," they said. Read more...

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  • First Apple Computer Could Fetch Half Million in Auction
    May 24, 2013 7:02:54 PM

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    An Apple 1 computer, the low-powered PC that started it all for the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, co-founder Steve Wozniak and the then very new Apple Computers, is up for grabs on May 25. All you need is somewhere north of a half a million dollars.

    The still-working computer goes to the highest bidder at the German auction house Auction Team Breker. According to a release, the system is part of a wide-ranging auction of "Firsts" that includes a MITS Altair 8800, a Nat Wadsworth’s 1973 Scelbi-8H (the first Intel 8-bit system) and a mechanical computer, the Pascaline.

    The virtually hand-built Apple 1, though, is the true star item here. It was, more or less, hand-built in 1976 by Steve Wozniak. In the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, the duo introduced the new computer at a meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club, where Wozniak explained one of the key differences from competing, early PCs: It has "a human-typable keyboard instead of a stupid, cryptic front panel with a bunch of lights and switches." Read more...

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  • Hanson Beer Mmmhops to Make Its Debut
    May 24, 2013 6:24:04 PM

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    Nearly two years after pop band Hanson announced it would be introducing a beer line, Mmmhops is almost ready for its debut. That's right, dear readers — you'll be able to sip your way into '90s nostalgia.

    Called Mmmhops — a reference to the brothers' popular "MMMBop" song from 1997 — the pale ale makes a cameo in the film Hangover 3, which hits theaters this weekend. The beer is a product of Mustang Brewing in Oklahoma — the boys' home state — and is in the final stages of brewing, according to BeerPulse.

    Mmmhops has arrived @thehangover twitter.com/MmmhopsBeer/st…

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  • Officials: Stopping 3D-Printed Guns Could Be Impossible
    May 24, 2013 5:47:18 PM

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    As the world's first 3D-printed handgun starts to be replicated, authorities are scrambling to react to a technological advancement that only a few weeks ago sounded more like science fiction than fact.. But according to a leaked bulletin by the Department of Homeland Security, any effort to stop the printing of these guns might be in vain.

    A May 21 DHS bulletin distributed to several law enforcement agencies across the country, and obtained by Fox News, basically states that there might be nothing that can be done to stop people from downloading and printing plastic guns

    "Limiting access may be impossible," the memo states. Read more...

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  • Syrian Electronic Army Taunts Twitter in Latest Hack
    May 24, 2013 5:19:52 PM

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    The Syrian Electronic Army claimed credit for hacking one of British television network ITV's Twitter accounts Friday. One of the SEA's hijacked tweets linked to a story about Twitter's recently introduced two-step verification, aimed at preventing such hijackings.

    "Just kidding. The Syrian Electronic Army was here. #SEA via @Official_SEA12," read one of the false tweets from @itvlondon. The SEA's tweets have since been deleted and the account restored.

    An ITV spokesperson told Reuters the hack was triggered by a phishing email, meaning an ITV employee likely opened a malicious link that allowed hackers to access the account. Read more...

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