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If you are on the East Coast of the United States then chances are that you have been preparing for a long, and possible nerve-wracking weekend. Most of use have been tracking Hurricane Irene for a few days now and the unfortunately the news isn’t looking much better, even for places like New Jersey and New York City, which normally have very little to worry about when it comes to natural disasters. No one is immune to the forces of nature though, and NYC’s leaders have called for an evacuation of low-lying areas.

NYC (where Geek.com is headquartered) started early with with its hurricane preparedness and a lot information has been made available, if you know where to look. NYC.

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In the market for a €165 ($240) e-reader that isnt a Kindle? Of course not. But if you were, you would soon be able to spend that money on the just-leaked Sony PRS-T1.

Gone is the sleek aluminum body of its predecessor, replaced by black, white or burgundy-red plastic. New is multitouch, with the Kobo-like touchscreen navigation joined by pinch-to-zoom (presumably for changing font sizes). A

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You know how to mix business with pleasure? Well, for those who want to keep their secrets close to their chest, this particular USB flash drive is definitely worth looking into. We are talking about a USB flash drive which not only boasts space on it to stash away precious data, and in addition to that, it also has a hidden function which will keep the ladies happy, since this is a vibrator as well.

Known as the Duet, the USB flash drive vibrator will be sleek in nature, sporting the ability for you to adjust the various speeds if you want to, and of course, it is waterproof.

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Researchers at Cornell’s Creative Machines Lab introduced two chatbots to have a conversation. The result? Magic.

If youve ever been bored on the Internet (which, of course, you have), then you may have stumbled into a chat with Cleverbot, one of the various artificial intelligence entities that exist online. Since all the responses from Cleverbot are generated by a computer program, the conversations often take unexpected turns.

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