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Sept. 2, 1969: First U.S. ATM Starts Doling Out Dollars	9/2/2010 5:00 AM
Six weeks after landing men on the moon, Americans take another giant leap for mankind with the nation’s first cash-spewing, automated teller machine.
FaceTime Lets You Share Your Point of View	9/2/2010 5:00 AM
Video calls aren't for people to see you — they're for people to see what you see.
Electric Kettles Are Steeped in the Future	9/2/2010 5:00 AM
Blazing fast (four minutes and nine seconds!), streamlined and full of highlights, Cuisinart's PerfecTemp puts its kettle competition to shame.
Blackjack Whiz Riffs on Fantasy Sports, Statgeeks and Yahoo	9/2/2010 5:00 AM
A Q&A with Jeff Ma, the former leader of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team that took Vegas for millions in the mid-'90s. Now a successful entrepreneur and author, Ma talks about his love of fantasy sports, selling his company Citizen Sports to Yahoo (and why he didn't join them), and how young statgeeks can make their way in a sports industry dominated by traditionalists.
Exclusive Gallery: 1983 Nintendo Family Computer Teardown	9/1/2010 10:00 PM
In 1983 Nintendo released the Famicon console. Now 26 years later we tear it apart to see what makes it tick.
Google Testing Out Full-Featured Google Apps	9/1/2010 9:00 PM
There's a sign of hope for frustrated Google Apps users who feel left out of getting all the cool toys regular Google users get: Google is inviting select users this week to test out Apps with all the bells and whistles.
Best Sci-Fi Books for Kick-Starting Your Brain Fry	9/1/2010 4:52 PM
Want to start reading some science fiction, but aren't sure where to begin? This introductory sci-fi literature syllabus is just for you.
Furor Erupts Over the Role of Self-Sacrifice in Evolution	9/1/2010 4:00 PM
A furor has broken out among biologists over ant specialist E.O. Wilson's latest attack on a concept used to explain the origins of self-sacrifice in the dog-eat-dog world of evolution.
5 Reasons Why Apple TV Is (Still) Boring	9/1/2010 3:32 PM
We know — the new Apple TV is really small, and cheap and easy-to-use. That's all good, but still not knocking our socks off despite being the ripest area for expansion by a company that has already firmly established itself on the computer, phone, portable media player and tablet. Here are five reasons Apple TV is still boring.
Sink a Putt	9/1/2010 3:15 PM
While it can take a mere one or two strokes to hit the green, every golfer knows the torture of a four or five-putt adventure once they get there. So whether you're trying to get your golf game back on track or trying to become a Putt-putt superstar, head for the practice green.