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Cathy Hutchinson hasn't been able to drink anything without the help of her caregiver in the 15 years since she had a stroke. Now, thanks to new technology, she can take a sip of coffee simply by thinking about it...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/watch-paralyzed-woman-controls-robot-with-her-brain/

Google's major new search technology, launching today, aims to understand millions of things -- not just strings of characters...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/the-knowledge-graph-googles-next-frontier-for-search/

Pushing your phone's speaker hard against your ear is only so effective, which is why Kyocera has come up with an entirely new way to take calls — by transmitting sound through your body's own tissue...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/speakerless-smartphone-transmits-sound-through-connective-tissue/

I'd love to see Google's Chrome browser arrive for iOS devices. I'd be even more thrilled if an all-out browser war broke out on Apple's mobile operating system, with multiple players going all-out to win the hearts and minds of users...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/browser-wars-on-ios-seems-unlikely/

Here's a handful of interesting tech stories from around the web for Wednesday, March 16...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/10-quick-tech-links-4-inch-iphone-patent-spats-flickr-history-and-more/

Tired of bending to the will of wireless carriers, Google reportedly wants to sell more contract-free Android phones directly to consumers...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/google-nexus-android-phones/

Groupon can expect even more drama in the months ahead, when it’ll be featured prominently in a new comedy just picked up by CBS...

Details: http://moneyland.time.com/2012/05/15/done-deal-cbs-gives-green-light-to-sitcom-based-on-groupon/

If a powerful smartphone can make you feel superhuman, one splash of water on that phone can feel like kryptonite. Fortunately, future smartphones may not be so vulnerable to water damage, thanks to several waterproof and water-repellent technologies working their way into phone makers' manufacturing lines...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/waterproof-smartphones-coming-soon/

Online reports of these celebrities' deaths have been greatly exaggerated. ..

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/rip-10-celebrity-victims-of-twitter-death-hoaxes/

Sony snags screenwriting superstar Aaron Sorkin to write its screenplay about Apple's cofounder...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-movie/

The "social magazine" for iPad and iPhone now has a slick audio player and content from Soundcloud and public radio...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/flipboard-adds-audio/

Improvements in customer satisfaction at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. have narrowed differences among the Big 4 wireless carriers to the point that they're basically even in terms of pleasing their subscribers, according to a study released Tuesday...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/customer-satisfaction-evens-out-between-big-four-wireless-carriers/

E Ink — easy on the eyes, not so easy to read in the dark. That's why Amazon is planning on releasing a new Kindle with front lighting, according to a "source" who talked to Reuters...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/report-amazon-to-release-front-lit-kindle-in-july/

Here we have nearly seven minutes of Alan Rickman preparing tea, with an irrational outburst beginning at the four-minute mark when he apparently notices that someone's watching him...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/epic-tea-time-with-alan-rickman-best-use-of-super-slow-motion-yet/

Here's a handful of interesting tech stories from around the web for Tuesday, March 15...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/10-quick-tech-links-facebook-ipo-ultrabooks-15-windows-8-upgrades-and-more/

Apple's enjoyed success in almost everything it's done lately, with the exception of social networking. The company may try to change that with iOS 6, the next version of its iPhone and iPad software...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/ios-photo-sharing-could-be-apples-next-social-failure/

These six games will capture kids' attention with their sheer fun factor, all the while encouraging creativity, socializing, and learning...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/6-unexpectedly-entertaining-educational-video-games-for-kids/

Sleek 4G cradles are designed to fill in weak spots and dead zones in Verizon and AT&T's LTE coverage...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/wilson-electronics-aims-to-boost-spotty-4g/

Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high...

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/poll-half-of-americans-call-facebook-a-fad/

Before smartphones, it seemed as though everyone was building mobile versions of their websites. This even happened again for a short while with smartphones until app stores arrived. Now it seems more attention is being paid to making apps than making versions of websites optimized for smartphones screens. On the horizon, however, I see a world where both native apps and web apps will coexist. ..

Details: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/the-mobile-web-dead-or-on-hiatus/