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Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes	3/9/2010 11:01 PM
With a click of a mouse, cyclists can get the quickest, and flattest, route between Point A and Point B.
March 10, 2000: Pop Goes the Nasdaq!	3/9/2010 11:00 PM
The Nasdaq begins its spectacular collapse, signaling the end of the dot-com boom.
Veil Lifts on Apple's Secret Plan to Control Universe	3/9/2010 7:00 PM
The recently unveiled secret agreement that Apple makes iPhone developers sign supports what many have suspected all along: Apple is trying to control the universe.
Texters Should Park the Car, Take the Bus	3/9/2010 7:00 PM
Taking public transit wouldn't just decrease our carbon footprint — it'd also end all that fiddling with the phone while driving, an insanely dangerous problem.
Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal	3/9/2010 7:00 PM
Huge projects that would store wind energy by compressing air in abandoned mines and porous sandstone are gaining steam in the Midwest.
10 Years After: A Look Back at the Dot-Com Boom and Bust	3/9/2010 7:00 PM
The Nasdaq peaked at 5,049 on March 10, 2000, then it promptly nosedived and hasn't come near that level since. Here’s a look at the era that launched — and crushed — a million dreams.
Review: Science Trips Out on Music in 'The Heart Is a Drum Machine'	3/9/2010 4:32 PM
Through interviews with a brainy crop of musicians and scientists, a new documentary probes the connection between body, mind and music.
Broadcast Video From Your Mobile	3/9/2010 4:30 PM
You're carrying around a video camera in your pocket (it's that thing attached to your mobile phone) so be prepared and learn how to start streaming video to the web at a moment's notice.
Oldest Known Flying 'Car' Up for Auction	3/9/2010 4:15 PM
It's from 1934, and it doesn't look like a car, and it doesn't look like it would fly.
Hot Property Sex.com on Auction Block	3/9/2010 4:10 PM
It’s a sadly familiar story from the high-flying market of the past few years: Speculator thinks values will continue to go up, up, up. Overbids for a hot property. Can’t keep up with the payments. Lender is forced to foreclose. Only this isn’t about real estate — it’s about the most expensive domain name in the history of the internet: sex.com.