This is what you get when you go into “incognito mode” on Chrome now. Note the bullet points.

The most Googled search term of 2012? Whitney Houston. 

Here, the top ten

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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart: According to Us Weekly’s source, everyone’s favorite undead couple have reunited. Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

GOOD DAY FOR:

A virtual dive
Google adds 360-degree panoramic views of the Great Barrier Reef and five other underwater locations to Street View — despite the locales’ lack of streets. [Geekosystem]

Regaining a finger
After a fisherman finds a human finger in the belly of a trout, police identify the digit’s owner — raising the possibility that surgeons could re-attach the finger to the man who lost it during a wakeboarding accident. [Discovery News]

Robsten
Sources report that Twilight co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have re-united despite Stewart’s (exhaustively dissected) cheating scandal. [Newser]

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Scare tactics
A Texas soldier tries to scare away his friend’s case of the hiccups by pointing what he thought was an unloaded gun at him, but kills him when it accidentally fires. [The Stir]

Updos
Two women are busted in New York’s JFK airport attempting to smuggle nearly two pounds of cocaine each by sewing it into their weaves. [Gothamist]

Overkill
Fitness instructors are already cashing in on the “Gangnam Style” K-pop craze by offering Gangnam Style Cardio Dance classes. [TIME] 

(Source: theweek.com)

“If a supermodel can’t make Project Glass look good, who the hell can?” —Jamie Condliffe at Gizmodo.

Google’s computerized glasses found their way onto the faces of models during Diane von Furstenberg’s show over the weekend.  The wearable computers, which run on Android and use a built-in camera to record what the wearer sees, were used to create a documentary called DVF Through Glass, which will be released on the fashion house’s Google+ page Thursday.

Can supermodels make Google glasses cool?

According to researchers who attached cameras to the collars of house cats, the felines killed an average of 2.1 animals per week. 

GOOD DAY FOR:

Letting go of the wheel
Google’s driverless car has successfully traveled 300,000 miles in testing without any accidents. [Tecca]

Hillary’s cool factor
Footage of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton busting a move while on a trip to South Africa goes viral. [Daily Dot]

Solving problems over beer
Two college students create a super PAC to raise money for a Congressional happy hour, theorizing that lawmakers might find more common ground if they were all tipsy. [Newser]

BAD DAY FOR:

Petty crime
A Nevada man is arrested for fraud after he allegedly posed as rocker Tom Petty’s manager and falsely promised to book Petty and his band for an Amazon.com exec’s wedding. [The Daily]

Cats’ cuddly image
A new study finds that house cats are killing more wildlife — and not just birds — than previously thought. [Discovery News]

Blowing even more money on lattes
Starbucks inks a deal with mobile payment company Square that will soon let its customers pay for their overpriced beverages via smartphone. [Business Insider]

(Source: theweek.com)

Google is set to release Google Glass(es) in 2013; until then, the glasses will only be available to developers at a whopping price of $1,500. 

GOOD DAY FOR:

Reimagining Independence Day
A National Geographic poll finds that Americans believe President Obama would do better than Mitt Romney in fending off an alien attack. [Discovery News]

Super specs
Google announces the official pre-sale of Google Glass, the niftyTerminator-style eyeglasses the search giant introduced as a prototype in April. [Tecca]

Joining the century club
Hillary Clinton embarks on a trip to Latvia, setting a new record for the most countries ever visited by a Secretary of State. This is her 100th country. [New York]

BAD DAY FOR:

The most trusted name in news
CNN initially reports that the Supreme Court struck down ObamaCare’s individual mandate. In fact, the opposite is true. [The Daily Dot]

Feeling safe
Eight TSA security screeners at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport are fired for allegedly sleeping on the job… in front of monitors that are used to detect bombs and other security threats. [Consumerist]

Wedding crashers
Alec Baldwin reportedly plans to send his wedding “invitation” via mass text message on the day of the nuptials to keep the date and location a secret from the paparazzi. [Videogum]

(Source: theweek.com)