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Technology writer Paul Miller hasn't been on the Internet since May 1st, 2012. He hasn't sent an email, checked Facebook, or even Googled something in nearly three months - and he plans to stay off the grid for an entire year. Could you do it?

The FBI estimates that 277,000 computers will lose Internet connectivity on Monday, July 9th, when it disables hackers' servers that were designed to steal personal information. If your computer was infected with the DNS Changer malware, you'll stop surfing Monday. We have a simple test you can do, in order to find out if your computer is safe.

More than two-thousand years after they were written, the Dead Sea Scrolls have made their way onto the internet. Five of the most important scrolls have been published in an attempt by the custodians to make them available to the public. The scrolls include the biblical book of Isiah, the manuscript known as the Temple Scroll, and three others.

All right, here's another one for the “is it creepy or cool column.” A Japanese laboratory has made a device that lets people 'transmit the feeling of a kiss' over the Internet. It's a machine with a tube coming out, and when you move your tongue around, it makes your partner's tube turn the same way, is this something we really need. Read more and watch the video after the jump.

Funny video from The Today Show Jan, 1994.