We will soon be seeing Will Smith’s 'I Am Legend' on the big screen, as it will be released worldwide in either December or January, depending where you live in the world. Speaking of globalness, here are some pretty cool posters of well known landmarks after the virus took a hold of the population.
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Friday, November 30, 2007
'I Am Legend' Global Banners
Gmail Adds Group Chat and Emoticons
Group chat has finally found its way to Gmail’s instant messaging system. So right there while you have your email inbox open, you can chat with multiple people at one time. Start a group chat by clicking on the Options link at the bottom of a conversation window. You’ll now see “Group Chat” as a new option.
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Google Thinks Spammers Might Be Giving Up
Brad Taylor, Google's chief spam "watchdog," suspects that spammers may actually be giving up as filters becomes more sophisticated and fewer of their messages get through.
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Toilet-finding service offers relief
First came SatNav for lost drivers. Now there's SatLav, a toilet-finding service to help people caught short in central London. On Thursday, Westminster City Council launched a new text message service that will guide Londoners and tourists to their nearest public lavatory.
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Bikes with sick sound systems
In today's NYT, a feature with lots of great photos about folks who build elaborate stereo soundsystems for their bicycles. It's not a new phenomenon, but it's neat to see it treated with such formal examination.
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Akon Reportedly Charged With Endangering Welfare Of Minor
Akon has been charged with a misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment in connection with a controversial concert this summer in Fishkill, New York, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. He is reportedly due to be arraigned in a local court on Monday.
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
5 Tools to Make Windows XP Look Like Vista
Do you like Windows Vista only because of its newly revamped Graphical User Interface? It surely does have an attractive interface but many are still hesitant to upgrade. You still can get a Vista like look even on your Win XP system. Here are some of the better free tools that can help you to make your Windows XP look like Vista.
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Changes made to Digg Shout System! Rejoice, then keep complaining
"We noticed two changes. Now, just 2 questions... 1) Are there others coming? 2) When are the comments getting fixed?"
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Google Maps for mobile gains location-seeking abilities sans GPS
Google has updated its Google Maps for mobile to version 2.0, and with it comes a new feature called "My Location." Now, the users of a variety of supported devices can find out exactly where they are with the push of a button, even if they don't have GPS.
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Rodney King Shot in Southern California
Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by LAPD officers (and their subsequent acquittal) sparked the Los Angeles riots in 1992, was shot late last night, according to San Bernardino police. King was shot in the face and arm while riding his bike home to Rialto.
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Top 10 Hottest Women in Tech
"Just because a woman knows her way around a computer, it doesn’t make her ugly. These 10 gorgeous geeks excite our hard drives."
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20 Amazing Photographs Taken at the Exact Right Angle [PICS]
They say timing is everything, but some photographs become brilliant, surreal or hilarious because both the timing and the angle work out just right. Check out these 20 awesome examples of perfectly shot photographs...
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New Views of Martian Moons (PICS)
Two images taken by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) show Mars' two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, as seen from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's low orbit around Mars.
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The 21 Worst Games Of The 21st Century So Far
"Gamer.tm takes a look at what it considers to be the worst 21 games of this century. Some are a bit controversial, but others are just funny! Also, take a look at some of the scores that some of these awful games managed to get! 8.9 for Advent Rising?"
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Google Experimenting With Digg Style Voting On Search Results
If you saw this one coming, give yourself a very large prize. Google is experimenting with Digg style voting features on search results that allow users to vote up or bury search results they see.
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UN panel: Cows emit more greenhouse gases than cars
A panel convened at the United Nations yesterday to discuss what the IT industry could do to better the environment, nearly came to the conclusion its practitioners could do more by changing their lifestyle...for instance, how they eat.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
XP SP3 outperforms Vista SP1, but less when running same Office version
A heavily promoted performance test by an evaluation software firm appeared to situate Windows Vista SP1 performance against Windows XP SP3. But the initial workloads were actually different due to the Office software used.
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KITT to be Cast as a Ford Mustang in New Knight Rider Series?
'Our source, with a confirmed connection to an LA FX studio working on the pilot, claims the new KITT will be a Ford Mustang."
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
First Aid for Your Hard Drive
You thought you were doing okay, right? Your computing life has settled down, your machine is stable, and you haven't even considered upgrading to Windows Vista. Then--oops! You spill coffee on your notebook...
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Puerto Rican Wins Beauty Contest Despite Sabotage
Someone doused her make-up and clothes with pepper spray, but Ingrid Marie Rivera put on a happy face and managed to win the beauty pageant that selected Puerto Rico's representative in the Miss Universe contest.
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Jessica Alba’s Top 5 Sexiest Internet Moments
"Jessica Alba is the hottie of all hotties, although Jessica Biel is right up there too, so let’s call it a tie."
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The World's Most Effective Speed Bump
"Here's the perfect way to slow down those doggone kids in their noisy pocket rockets, invading the neighborhood at high speed without regard to the peace and personal safety of the local inhabitants. This Deutch-speaking dude has created an unusually powerful gadget that will teach those whippersnappers a lesson."
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The Top 20 Ways to Come Up With Amazing Ideas
"If you’re trying to find sources of great, wonderful, unique ideas, whether that’s for a blog post or a painting or a poem or a new product…here are my favorite ways."
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And In the End, Scissors Beat Paper [PIC]
Hitler must have never learned how to play 'rock, paper, scissors' as a kid.
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Pidgin for Windows 2.3.0 released
"Contains a significant number of fixes, including some that were marked as fixed for earlier releases."
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£74 billion worth of gadgets in British homes
Some 400 million gadgets valued at £74 billion are owned by Brits, new research has revealed.
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Mozilla Firefox for Windows 2.0.0.10 released
Update released for the popular Firefox browser.
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Desktop Evolution: Windows and Mac OS Comparison (PIC)
Since Windows 95 dropped more than a decade ago, our desktops have evolved to no end. Having recently had a fresh Leopard install on our Macs, we thought we would take a look back, with a side-by-side comparison of Windows and Mac operating systems.
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'X-Files' Sequel: Castmembers, Celeb Fans Want More Mulder-Scully Action
They've been screaming "We want to believe!" for years — but fans of "The X-Files" finally have something real to crow about, with news last month that the seminal TV series is making its way back to theaters in 2008. "Finally!" is how Nicolas Lea, who played baddie Alex Krycek, reacted to the announcement.
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7 Innovative Ways to Thank Your Clients During the Holidays
There's nothing like thanking someone to make them want to be nice to you. It's positive feedback, just like Pavlov would have used and works on anyone and everyone, including your clients. Saying thank you for their work, time and effort, during the holiday season is a great way to leave a good impression on them to ensure you are remembered...
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
Google is the New Microsoft and Facebook is the New Google
Facebook is hiring and Google is "the best place to get good engineers and others". "Facebook has already claimed YouTube CFO Gideon Yu, eCommerce Product Lead Benjamin Ling and GDrive developer Justin Rosenstein."
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The iPod engravings that went wrong [Pics]
As you may know, you can order an iPod from the Apple Store with a custom, laser-engraved message. However, not everything gets engraved. Apple has been rejecting some messages for editorial reasons. The following is a collection of engravings that were actually rejected by Apple, and some that probably should have been. Enjoy!
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Browser War 2.0 - the race for the mobile web: Firefox vs. Opera vs. Flock
The browser, that we use today on our desktop computers root back to the early 1990’s, when web was versioning at least web 0.5. Web 2.0 and the mobile web will need a new browsing metaphor. The race has already begun, browser war 2.0 seems to be the next big thing.
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Friday, November 23, 2007
Lamborghini Reventon VS Tornado Jet Fighter - Who Wins The Race? [PICS]
In the first few seconds of the race, the Reventon had the lead, its 3.4 second time for the 0-100km/h giving it a clear advantage, but then...
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6 Brilliant Marketing Campaigns
"Here are 10 great marketing campaigns I've run across lately that are just brilliant. They are unique, memorable, and most of all, define the product."
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Woman Kills Baby and Gets Probation!
Catherine Fencl pleaded guilty to killing an 8-month-old infant, but walked out of a Belleville courtroom Wednesday afternoon after a judge sentenced her to probation.
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Essential Online Marketing Strategies - Business Advice from an SEM Expert
How can any online business elbow it’s way towards visibility in this increasingly congested, enormously dynamic marketplace?
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15-year-old girl jailed with 20 men for a month, raped repeatedly
A 15-year-old girl who was a robbery suspect, was put in a jail cell with more than 20 men, and for a month was raped relentlessly and forced to have sex for food, human rights groups say.
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RIM Working on iPhone Rival?
RIM is rumored to be working on a touch-screen phone that will compete with the iPhone and have no hard keyboard. The BlackBerry 9000 series will be aimed at the consumer market, where the condensed BlackBerry Pearl has had a lot of success since its launch last year marked a change of direction for RIM.
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For Very, Very Keen Eyes Only: Where Are The U.S Air Force Snipers Hiding?
What a great high-resolution photo!
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The hard disk you've been waiting for [Pic]
A 10 MB hard disk for only U.S $3,398!
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Startup with Intel ties to launch Office Live competitor
A Internet startup with close ties to, and an existing partnership with, Intel, is planning to release as soon as next month a new online small business suite to directly compete with Microsoft Office Live and Google Apps...
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Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" Button Costs Them U.S $110 Million / Year
Because the button takes users directly to the top search result, Google doesn't get to show search ads on one percent of all its searches. That costs the company around U.S $110 Million in annual revenue, according to Rapt's Tom Chavez. So why does Google keep such a costly button around?
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
The Most Incredibly Useful Tree on the Planet [w/pics]
The benefits of this tree are almost too numerous to name. The Moringa Tree, known by many names including the Miracle Tree, is edible, nutritious, and has medicinal properties. The seeds can even purify water!
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The 10 Most Bitter Female Rock Songs
No matter how ugly your last break-up was, at least you can be thankful the girl didn't make a hit pop song about it. Those things can get downright nasty, as these 10 tracks prove.
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6 Ideas That Will Change the World
They are making orange peel plastic and robots that can heal themselves. They are six researchers with six ideas that will one day change the world.
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Gmail (Finally) Crosses 5 GB of Free Storage
Gmail has recently revved up the speed of its storage counter, which has allowed it to pass the 5 GB mark earlier today.
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Interesting Web Browsers You Have Never Heard Of
A quick review of some new (and old) browsers as alternatives.
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Warning - Don't Drink From Hotel Room Glasses
A hidden camera investigation shows that water glasses in your hotel room may never reach a dishwasher or even water.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Man-sized sea scorpion claw found
The immense fossilized claw of a 2.5m-long (8ft) sea scorpion has been described by European researchers. The claw itself measures 46cm - indicating its owner would have been longer even than the average-sized human.
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Facebook Users Complain of New Tracking
Some users of the online hangout Facebook are complaining that its two-week-old marketing program is publicizing their purchases for friends to see. Those users say they never noticed a small box that appears on a corner of their Web browsers following transactions at Fandango, Overstock and other online retailers.
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Alicia Keys Storms Chart With Mega-Selling 'As I Am'
Alicia Keys storms The Billboard 200 this week with "As I Am" (J), which debuts at No. 1 after selling 742,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's the best sales week for a solo female artist since Norah Jones' "Feels Like Home" shifted 1 million copies in 2004.
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Ferrari goes green, what does it all mean?
Ferrari succumbs to the pressure and commits to the reduction of its fleet's CO2 emissions. It's practically useless, but it makes us feel better -- doesn't it?
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Nine Suggestions To Improve Digg
This is a simple list of features and suggestions for Digg to improve the experience for its users. Is there something you'd like to see added or changed? Leave a comment and maybe the good folks at Digg will take notice!
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MacBook, MacBook Pro owners suffer keyboard freezing with Leopard
Some users of Apple's Intel-based portables are reporting that their keyboards are periodically seizing up during use, especially after upgrading to Mac OS X Leopard.
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33 Cars Named After Animals
Automakers are often inspired by the natural world when naming new vehicles. How many of these auto names do you recognize?
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Some American Rappers Flash Euros in Music Videos
Pay attention as you watch the catchy new music video from mega-star rapper Jay-Z, "Blue Magic", and see if you can't spot the product placement. It is not a fancy car that he is endorsing – although both his rides, a Rolls Royce and soft-top Bentley, are plenty spiffy – but rather a currency – and it is not the U.S dollar.
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Kid Sticks Face In Fire Ant Hole
On a dare, this kid sticks his face directly into a fire ant hole and tries to hold it there for 10 seconds. You have to see the results.
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Top 20 Free Games of 2007
With the year so close to being over we figured what better time than now to thrown together a list of the most popular free games of the past year. That’s right, the top twenty most popular are all listed right here...Enjoy!
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Music Industry Down 20 Percent by 2011
'eMarketer' has published some new predictions regarding both worldwide and U.S music spending, and neither look particularly good for the industry.
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Top 10 Celebrity Trainwrecks of 2007
2007 was the year of celebrity self-destruction. Here are ten of the biggest celebrity trainwrecks from the past year.
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First Honda Cars Were Trucks (Vintage PICS)
Did you know that the first Honda vehicles were trucks? As these vintage ads show, the Honda "T500" doesn’t have four doors, all-wheel-drive or a hidden trunk, but in the realm of Honda history, the T-series truck line is significant. Before Sochiro tried his hand at sports cars or racers, the first four-wheeled Honda was a T300 in 1963.
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Bookmark improvements new to Firefox 3
A new version of the Firefox browser, now available for testing mainly by developers, offers improvements on finding frequently visited Web sites and tools for running Web applications without a live Internet connection.
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Louis Vuitton Wins Britney Spears Video Lawsuit
Luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton has won a lawsuit that alleged a Britney Spears music video violated counterfeiting laws by showcasing a pink Vuitton-upholstered dashboard. A Paris civil court ordered Sony BMG and MTV Online to stop broadcasting or marketing the video for "Do Something" in any form and fined them U.S $117,000 apiece...
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Donda West's Doctor, Jan Adams, Walks Off 'Larry King Live' Interview
People have said and done a lot of outrageous things on the set of "Larry King Live" over the past 20 years. But the veteran talker said the scene Tuesday night, which included his guest walking off the set just minutes after he sat down, was one of the strangest he's ever seen.
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Ne-Yo Dropped From R. Kelly Tour
After just two shows together, Ne-Yo is no longer on the R. Kelly tour, his rep confirmed to MTV News on Tuesday (November 20). "I am disappointed that I won't be able to perform for my fans," Ne-Yo said in a statement. "I love being onstage in front of fans because of the immediate feedback you get. You know right away if they are feeling you..."
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Hasselhoff on board for new "Knight Rider"
David Hasselhoff is in talks to appear on NBC's "Knight Rider," reprising his role as Michael Knight from the original series.
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Barack Obama: I tried drugs as a teen
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday told high school students that when he was their age he was hardly a model student, experimenting with illegal drugs and drinking alcohol.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Sue Showtime Over 'Californication'
Who didn't see this one coming? The Red Hot Chili Peppers filed a lawsuit on Monday against Showtime Networks over the name of the David Duchovny series "Californication," which also happens to be the name of the band's 1999 album and hit single.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The Ultimate Black Friday Deal Guide
"Other than the one of two clearly awesome deals per store, it's tough to know if standing your butt in the cold all night will actually save your more money than doing some online comparison shopping from the comfort of your own home. So we've done the comparison shopping for you and listed the REAL savings on all the best tech deals hitting on Friday."
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8-foot giant catfish caught in Cambodia (PIC)
Wow! Scientists said the giant catfish may be the world's largest freshwater fish.
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Three boys, 8 and 9, charged with raping 11-year-old girl
Three boys, ages 8 and 9, were charged Monday with raping an 11-year-old girl last week, court officials and police said.
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United States Now Arrests Photographers Without Charge!
The U.S military plans to seek a criminal case in an Iraqi court against an award-winning Associated Press photographer but is refusing to disclose what evidence or accusations would be presented.
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Sesame Street DVD Deemed Adult-Only Entertainment
How far we've fallen: "The old “Sesame Street” is not for the faint of heart, and certainly not for softies born since 1998, when the chipper “Elmo’s World” started.
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7 Reasons You Should Use Your Credit Card For Everything
Some damn good reasons you should stop using that last-millennia "cash" and get with the 21st century.
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Kanye West Breaks Down In Tears During Paris Concert
MC attempts to dedicate 'Hey Mama' to Donda but can't continue song, also pauses during lyrics about her at tour's second gig.
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First Beta of Firefox 3 Now Available
Firefox 3 Beta 1 is based on the new Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 27 months and includes nearly 2 million lines of code changes, fixing more than 11,000 issues. Gecko 1.9 includes some major re-architecting for performance, stability, correctness, and code simplification and sustainability.
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See how your web site looks in a bunch of different browsers
'Browsershots' makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server...
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Couple booted off Seattle flight for trying to join 'mile high club'
A plane headed for Las Vegas from Seattle was diverted to Portland on Thursday afternoon after at least one passenger said a couple tried to join the "mile high club." U.S Airways Flight 1473 left Seattle at 2:58 p.m., but a pair of unruly passengers caused it to be diverted and head for Portland International Airport.
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Monday, November 19, 2007
New 'Cloverfield' trailer on Apple in HD
Now you don't have to go see 'Beowulf' to see a good quality version of this trailer!
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Will humans swim faster or slower in syrup?
Edward Cussler took 300 kilograms of guar gum, a thickening agent found in salad dressing (and syrup), and dumped it into a 25-meter swimming pool on campus. The resulting goo was twice as thick as water. Cussler then convinced 16 volunteers to swim a few laps. The result?...
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New York firefighters to oppose Rudy Giuliani
A group of American firefighters opposed to Rudy Giuliani, the Republican front-runner in the 2008 presidential race, are planning to run damaging adverts expressing scepticism about his 9/11 leadership.
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TinyURL Outage Illustrates the Service's Risks
The link shortening and redirection service TinyURL went down apparently for hours last night, rendering countless links broken across the web. Complaints have been particularly loud on Twitter, where long links are automatically turned to TinyURLs and complaining is easy to do, but the service is widely used in emails and web pages as well.
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
HOLIDAYS: The Pros and Cons of LED Christmas Lights
Consumer Reports writes about the pros and cons of LED Christmas tree lighting.
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Become an Internet Legend in Your Free Time: Tips from Internet Celebrities
"The Internet moves very fast," says Gary "Numa Numa" Brolsma. "Your video has to be funny, or get to the point, very quickly. People are clicking all the time. If you don't hook people in the first 15 seconds, they'll move on."
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Britney, Linsay Lohan and other Celebrities are going broke!
"Most high earners, like celebrities, should view themselves like ballplayers do," said Everett Weinberger, a financial adviser at Merrill Lynch. "You need to put away money right at the beginning, assuming that it may end....Young people can be very shortsighted, forgetting that they're not going to be famous forever."
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Man guilty of having sex with his bicycle
A "cycle sexualist" is placed on probabation after being found guilty of surely the weirdest perversion ever.
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Britney Spears: Headed for Another Tunnel in Paris?
Have you seen the string of recent videos showing Britney Spears' crazy driving antics in her Benz? - Hitting a parked car, rolling over the feet of numerous photographers (including one from TMZ), rolling over a cop's foot, running a red light with her kids in the car and making an illegal U-turn.
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50 Cent Asks: If Britney Spears Can Use The B-Word, Why Can't I?
Obviously there's been so much controversy surrounding the N-word lately, but when it comes to the B-word, 50 Cent senses something of a double standard. The leader of the G-Unit, while on tour in London, quipped with a grin recently that nobody said anything about Britney Spears saying, "It's Britney, bitch,"...
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19 Year Old Saudi Girl Sentenced to 200 Lashes and Jail for Being Raped
In a new verdict issued after Saudi Arabia's Higher Judicial Council ordered a retrial, the court in the eastern town of Al-Qatif more than doubled the number of lashes to 200. A court source told the Arab News that the judges had decided to punish the woman further for "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media."
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Two Sneak Peeks Into Harry Potter 6
Two sneak peeks at the upcoming 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' being released next November. Looks like Quidditch is back!
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Knight Rider: Past, Present & Future
A Facebook Group for all 'Knight Rider' fans. Includes the latest news and rumors about the upcoming 'Knight Rider' projects - TV movie, TV series and 2008 major film. Will David Hasselhoff play a role in any? Should he?
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Ten Places You Must Visit Before You Die
How can you boil the world down into ten must see places? The short answer is you can’t, and the long answer is to read on and find out why these cities made the list; there’s something unique and breathtaking about each one of them. Within each city you’ll find highlights of events, attractions, and experiences that make these cities the top10.
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Top 10 Worst Christmas Movies of All-Time
For every "It’s a Wonderful Life," there’s gotta be a crapstorm of a film to balance it out. So we looked at the holiday movies over the years, and we came up with our list. To make the list, the film had to either be about Christmas (or Santa Claus) or have Christmas an integral part of the plot.
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Ever Wonder Why Your Internet Went Down? (PIC)
"If this is real I would have to be paid alot of money to be working for I.T there."
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Google Co-Founder Plans Secret Wedding
"Make no mistake, when it comes to the upcoming wedding of one of its co-founders, privacy is priority-one for Google."
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USB 3.0: New Standard, Old Problems?
Intel is developing the new USB 3.0 protocol. Certainly it's necessary to make the communication faster and reliable...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Jay-Z Leapfrogs Eagles, Britney For No. 1 Debut
Jay-Z scores his 10th No. 1 album on The Billboard 200, as "American Gangster" (Def Jam) debuts on top this week after selling 425,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The rapper thus ties Elvis Presley in second place for the most No. 1 albums on the chart; only the Beatles have had more, with 19.
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Rottweilers chased mom, girl into van, then went after cops
The woman heard her daughter screaming on the first floor of the house, ran up from the basement and saw one of the Rottweilers biting the little girl.
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Maximize your chances of getting pregnant
Maximize your chances of getting pregnant in the shortest time possible!
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McDonald's To Take On Starbucks
Take note, Starbucks: McDonald's is coming after you. Yes, that McDonald's. Emboldened by rave reviews for the relaunch of its coffee business 18 months ago, the company is planning to roll out premium coffee drinks -- including smoothies, frappes and bottled beverages -- priced just below that of Starbucks.
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Zune 2 Review
One downside to the new interface is Microsoft's choice to go with a mostly "pink" application. That's right. Apparently they must have had some meeting where they said "Let's see, picking brown was a great choice for the original Zune. What's the second least favorite color out there next to Brown??? Pink!!! Let's go with that".
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View Wall Street Journal Online articles from Digg
The Wall Street Journal Online is adding Digg buttons across the entire site, and you’ll now have full (free) access to the articles submitted to Digg. The Digg buttons have started appearing on WSJ.com articles tonight.
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Report: CIA met with Bin Laden in weeks before 9/11 attacks
Two months before September 11 Osama bin Laden flew to Dubai for 10 days for treatment at the American hospital, where he was visited by the local CIA agent, according to the French newspaper Le Figaro.
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Pre-dating the love of chocolate
Like your cocoa beans? So did the Mayans. They were using them in chocolate drinks in 1000 BC.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Man in India Marries Dog
A man in southern India married a female dog as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death—an act he believes cursed him.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar is Maxim's December Cover Girl - Wow!
"I've never seen her look sexier! Her photoshoot is HOT!"
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Adults drive 14-year-old to suicide by harassing her on MySpace
No charges will be filed. A tragic story.
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Ex-Air Force Pilot: "I touched a UFO"
Several pilots offered dramatic accounts of witnessing UFOs - including a transparent flying disc and a triangular craft with mysterious markings - as they insisted their questions needed to be taken seriously more than 30 years after the U.S file was closed.
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The 9 Worst Trends of 2007
There's been a lot of annoying crap that's emerged this year, from celebrity rehab fads to "The Daily Show" being in indefinite repeats. But neither of these things found a place on DoubleViking.com's list of "The 9 Worst Trends of 2007."
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T.I. Breaks Silence On His Web Site, Proclaims 'The King Ain't Dead'
T.I. has spoken publicly for the first time since his arrest last month on charges of trying to purchase machine guns and silencers. In a grainy video posted Monday on his social networking site, Streetcred.com, the rapper proclaims his innocence, plugs his upcoming album, Paper Trail, and promises his fans that "the King ain't dead."
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Kanye's Mom Cause of Death Released
The L.A. County Coroner confirms that they are investigating the death of Donda West due to possible complications from cosmetic surgery.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Top 5 Best Ways To Generate Free Website Traffic
There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of generating an income.
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Hilarious Apple Ad!
Makes fun of Windows users for downgrading back to XP from Vista.
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Kanye West's Mother Dies At 58
Former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department died Saturday, reportedly from surgery complications.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Micheal Jackson's Many Faces (PICS)
ABC News posted a slide show of Micheal Jackson over the years. He hasn't been in the news much of the past year or so since his trial. His change over time is really a "thriller".
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Q: Does tapping the top of a soda can stop it from foaming?
A: Those who think so follow this logic: When you shake a soda can, little molecules of carbon dioxide bump into each other and form bubbles. These bubbles hang around on the sides and bottom of the can until you pop the top, at which time they shoot out, eager to escape to the lower air pressure outside the can...
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Yahoo! accused of lying to Congress
Executives from Yahoo! faced a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing for providing false information relating to the company’s role in disclosing a former journalist’s identity that led to his arrest.
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Prince - Career Suicide, Part II
Prince threatens fan sites that post album art, pictures, even (allegedly) pictures of their own Prince-inspired tattoos. It's a...different approach to fan relations.
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Nick Hogan arrested for street racing in August car crash
We've just learned the son of Hulk was arrested today in Clearwater, Florida on "felony charges of reckless driving involving serious bodily injury" for street racing a Dodge Viper prior to the crash in August causing critical brain injuries to his friend John Graziano.
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Michael Eisner Tells Fox News: Writers Strike is "Stupid," "Misguided."
..."I see stupid strikes and I see less stupid strikes. And I see smart strikes. This is a stupid strike," he told interviewer Neil Cavuto of Fox News. Apparently, Eisner believes the writers are dramatically overestimating how much money the studios will make from digital distribution over the next few years.
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Nursing not behind saggy breasts
Contrary to popular belief, breastfeeding does not make breasts sag, according to research carried out on U.S women seeking plastic surgery.
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Google overhauls Gmail under the hood
Google is making major structural code changes to Gmail and rolling them out slowly. The user interface changes are pretty subtle and you might not even notice them. But the code modifications likely presage more significant design and function improvements to come.
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Michael Jackson Opens Up 25 Years After Thriller About The Classic LP
There is no question that Michael Jackson's music speaks for itself. But since the reclusive singer's acquittal on child-molestation charges in June 2005 and his subsequent move overseas, he's shied away from the public even more, withdrawing into a succession of revolving associates and advisers.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Facebook to Turn Users Into Endorsers
Facebook now will give advertisers the ability to create their own profile pages on its system that will let users identify themselves as fans of a product.
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How HD DVD Got its Groove Back
ANALYSIS: Sources close to retailers indicate that Toshiba sold over 90,000 $99 HD DVD players over the weekend, and that figure only represents a portion of the retailers that participated in the frenzy.
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Zune Updates Coming November 13
Microsoft is preparing users of its Zune music player for the much-hyped upgrade to both the Zune device and desktop software. According to an e-mail sent out to users on Monday night, the updates will begin to be delivered automatically starting November 13. Among the new features that come as part of the update are: wireless sync...
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BREAKING: Britney Spears' Blackout Denied #1 Debut On Billboard Chart
Britney Spears just can't catch a break! After a surprising last-minute rule change on Tuesday night, her expected #1 debut on next week's Billboard albums chart for her fifth effort, Blackout, will be trumped at the finish line by the Eagles' Long Road Out of Eden.
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Food Network on the iPhone (with screenshots)
"I tried typing iphone.whatever.com instead of www.whatever.com on a bunch of sites and discovered that iphone.foodnetwork.com is an actual site! It looks like it is mostly recipe-centric, and there are some nice looking videos too. I'm not sure if they meant for this to get out, so here are a few screenshots if they take it down."
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Narrowest House in The World -- Just 1 Meter Wide! (PICS)
"Look at what this woman did with a small piece of land without any “architectural” help: 2 rooms, kitchen, 3 bedrooms with washrooms and a veranda! She needs to go outside just to change her mind (ba-dum-CHHH)!"
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'Giant' Pig-like Animal Discovered Hidden in Remote Amazon Jungle
A new species of wild pig previously unknown to science has been discovered in the Brazilian jungle. The large creature grows to a length of more than four feet and is almost twice as heavy as its nearest relative. Named the 'giant peccary', the creature was unknown until the skins and bones of animals were found by a biologist.
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Monday, November 5, 2007
Ozzy Osbourne Angry About Police Using His Concert for Sting Operation
"Instead of holding a press conference to pat himself on the back, Sheriff Laney should be apologising to me for using my name in connection with these arrests." - Ozzy Osbourne.
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Jon Stewart To Pay His Writers Out Of Own Pocket During WGA Strike
In a show of solidarity with his fellow scribes, the 'Daily Show' host has told his writing staff that he will cover all their salaries for the next two weeks, according to a well-placed source. He has also vowed to do the same for writers on 'The Colbert Report.'
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RIM Ships BlackBerry Server Software for Small Businesses
Research in Motion has released a BlackBerry software package deigned for businesses with up to 30 wireless users, the company said Monday. The package, called BlackBerry Professional Software, can scan a server before installation and suggest a configuration. RIM focused on streamlining installation and administration with the software...
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Ohio Cheerleading Coach, Football Coach Fired After Topless Photos
Clermont County school officials say cheerleading coach and football coach were fired after the cheerleading coach and a cheerleader were allegedly photographed together topless at the football coach's house.
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Google Phone to Become a Reality
Confirming its long-rumored foray into the mobile market, Google said Monday it is developing a free cell phone software package so the Internet search leader can more easily peddle ads and services to people who aren't in front of a PC.
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Google to unveil "Android" phone software
Google is ready to unveil a suite of software for mobile phones based on open-source technology, backed by some of the largest wireless industry companies in the world. The company is expected to hold a press conference on Monday to unveil the project, which is expected to incorporate software from the Linux world into a mobile platform code...
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Life After Digg: Interview With a Banned Top Digger
"We had a chance to catch up with Greg and talk to him about life after Digg."
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If Stephen Colbert Can't Get On A Presidential Ballot, Who Can?
He may have had millions of built-in supporters around the country, but one glaring reality kept the Stephen Colbert for President train from gaining any steam: You can't win if you're not on the ballot.
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Britney Spears Allegedly Runs Over Cop's Feet!
You'd think after running over the feet of two paparazzi that Britney Spears would be a little more careful driving. Yet the Los Angeles Police Department tells MTV News that it's investigating the singer for yet another similar incident — and this time, instead of running over a photographer's foot, Spears allegedly ran over a cop's feet.
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Sunday, November 4, 2007
'Dog: The Bounty Hunter' gets canceled for racial slurs
A&E has canceled 'Dog: The Bounty Hunter' following a tape that 'The National Inquirer' found where Dwayne "The Dog" Chapman repeatedly uses racial slurs for his son's black girlfriend.
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BREAKING: Pakistan 'set for emergency rule'
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is poised to impose emergency rule, private TV channels reported, shortly before going off air.
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Girlfriend v7.0 vs. Wife v1.0 - A Geek's Version of the Story! [Humor]
"Here’s a funny joke that was sent to me via email."
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Obama mocks Hillary in surprise SNL appearance
Kudos to the Obama campaign team for keeping tight lipped about this one. Nice dig at Hillary in her home state. Good strategery!
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NBC Has Hacked Their iPhone
If you looked closely at last night's episode of Saturday Night Live during the "iPhone: The Affair" sketch, you may or may not have noticed a certain extra "Installer" icon next to the iTunes button. So what's that icon signify? The iPhone being used was Jailbroken (or, hacked for programs and games, in layman terms).
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Friday, November 2, 2007
Rockstar may end up with big headache over unlocked AO content in Manhunt 2
Manhunt 2 had to make some serious edits to receive its Mature rating, but Rockstar has demonstrated that it has a steep learning curve. In shades of the "Hot Coffee" scandal of 2005, it has been revealed that the original Adults Only content may have shipped with the PSP version of the game.
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Top 10 tips to boot and run Windows XP faster
10 tips to make your Windows XP boot faster and make it run at high-speeds.
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Britney Spears' Blackout Projected To Light Up Charts For Fifth #1 Debut
First-day sales figures indicate that Britney's back, despite all her recent woes. Britney Spears hasn't released an album in four years, and the press she's been getting in recent months isn't the kind of publicity musicians typically welcome — ever.
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Thursday, November 1, 2007
Google is Now the 5th Most Valuable Company on the Planet
"Just a few notches behind Exxon-Mobil and AT&T. Damn, why didn't I buy at $300, oh wait maybe $400, could have even jumped in at $500...this is just depressing. But we love Google, so keep up the good work guys!"
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USB Cooling Fan (DIY)
An easy step by step Tutorial explaining how you can build an "USB Cooling Fan" for your Notebook or Desktop PC from an old or broken CD-ROM drive.
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Killer Storm Heads Toward the Bahamas
Tropical Storm Noel triggered mudslides and floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, pushing the death toll to 66 on Wednesday and forcing some parents to choose which of their children to save from the surging waters.
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Da Brat Arrested After Nightclub Dispute
Da Brat was arrested early today (Nov. 1) after a dispute with a waitress at a nightclub northeast of Atlanta. The 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Shawntae Harris, was charged with aggravated assault, said DeKalb County Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish. Officers answered a call to Studio 72 at 1:20 a.m...
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Who's The Coolest Movie Star? Hint: He's Not Alive
Forbes: "Move over Colin Farrell, Heath Ledger & Orlando Bloom. The new king of cool is...Steve McQueen." McQueen's cool quotient & popularity are surging. Not to mention his money-making talents. Is he the hottest celeb? Probably not. But for pure cool, authenticity & star-cred, McQueen, even dead, is surpassing his living competitors.
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Exclusive: Facebook Music is Coming
This just in: The “Facebook Music” platform will serve as the social networking giants first step into the music space. The new platform is set to be announced at ad:tech in New York City next week. Leading up to this announcement, Facebook has been holding top-secret meetings with high-level representatives at each of the four major music labels.
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47 Million Americans Lack Health Insurance
The number of Americans lacking health insurance rose by nearly 8.6 million to 47 million from 2000 to 2006, with children and workers from every income level losing coverage, a new report said on Thursday.
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Google Stock Mania Continues - U.S $700 / Share
Google's stock price broke U.S $700 for the first time today, reaching as high as U.S $704.79 in morning trading. That means it has taken Google under a month to go from U.S $600 per share to a staggering U.S $700 share price.
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The Google Phone: The Story So Far and What's Next
"The Wall Street Journal has been reporting on Google’s mobile phone efforts and how it is beginning to draw some interest from carriers, especially in the United States. Here is what I have been able to gather from my sources."
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