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How LimeWire Works
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LimeWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing system that features music and other media downloads shared between users. Learn about LimeWire at HowStuffWorks.
How do they create the special effects in movies like The Matrix where the camera rotates around a frozen actor?
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In movies like "The Matrix" and "Lost in Space," and in some TV commercials, there is an effect where the action freezes and the camera "walks around" the frozen scene. How do they do that?
How Electronic Ink Works
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Electronic ink promises to be an amazing, breakthrough technology that we will all be using in five years -- it will completely change books and newspapers!
What does open source mean?
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What would you do if you could customize the software on your computer? Learn about open source code and how applications might be more useful and error-free in the long term.
How Is Helium Made?
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Helium is the second lightest element on the Periodic Table. How is helium created?
How Windows 8 Works
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Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system works on computers and some mobile devices, too. Learn all about how Windows 8 works.
How does Napster work and why is there such a huge fight around it right now?
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How does Napster work, and why is there such a huge fight around it right now?
Do jobs that are more fun usually pay less money?
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Is it possible to make good money doing a job you truly love? Learn more about the correlation between fun and lucrative jobs at HowStuffWorks.
How Patents Work
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Patents protect inventions and intellectual property from being copied. Learn about the uses of patents, the history of patents and about intellectual property law.
The First 'Killer Robot' Was Around Back in 1979
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With the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots heating up, we step back a few decades to look at the first human death by robot.