An Amazon spokesperson has confirmed to BetaNews that it will be premiering a streaming video service in the upcoming weeks. At the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California, sponsored by The Wall Street Journal, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos mentioned that his company has been working on an a la carte, pay-per-view streaming service.
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Amazon to launch a streaming video shop
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
A Few Tremors in Oprahland
Oprah Winfrey is still the queen of all media, but her crown is beginning to look a bit tarnished.
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Karl Rove Accidently Emailed 500 Deleted Emails to Reporter
Greg Palast of the BBC has uncovered over 500 emails sent by Karl Rove from GOP and RNC servers that were later deleted to inhibit a justice department investigation. What Palast has uncovered is a preliminary plan to 'cage' black voters out of the 2008 election.
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Kobe Bryant Jumps Over Pool Filled With Snakes [YOUTUBE]
Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers seen jumping over a swimming pool filled with snakes!
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Anger over Sharon Stone's quake remarks
Actress Sharon Stone has sparked criticism in China after claiming the recent earthquake could have been the result of bad "karma".
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Sorting Through the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update
Eight months into the Leopard era, Apple unleashed the third update to Leopard, with Wednesday's release of OS X 10.5.3. By way of comparison, the 10.3.3 and 10.4.3 updates both came within five months of the release dates for Panther and Tiger, respectively.
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Screenshots: Google's Android comes to life
Google shows off the ins and outs of its new open-source mobile platform at I/O conference in San Francisco.
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Music Mogul Lou Pearlman Gets 25 Years In Jail
Lou Pearlman, the man who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for engineering a decades-long scam that bilked thousands of investors out of their life savings.
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Topicr: Email, Improved
Today a new service called Topicr launches. It’s meant to address email users’ inability to send and receive numerous and large attachments and manage the transfer of visual and audible media within the classic compose-subject-body template. If you’re into sharing media by way of email, you might find it hugely useful.
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Mobile Browser Skyfire Gets U.S $13 Million in Series B Funding
Skyfire Labs Inc has announced U.S $13 Million in funding in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partnersm, and including previous investors Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures (insert Matrix-related joke here).
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17 Tips to Survive the Jungle!
How to survive when lost in the jungle and what you should fear...
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T.I. Previews His Forthcoming LP, Paper Trail
The lyrics made it sound like T.I.'s pen was actually a match. The King of the South was igniting each track with a viciousness that could well have fans and critics calling his forthcoming Paper Trail LP (due August 12) his best since Urban Legend.
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Sprint says 5 GB per month should be enough for most
After last week's news that Sprint confirmed its plans to implement a 5 GB per month overall use cap for its mobile broadband service, the company has seen a flurry of negative comments, and last weekend attempted a clarification.
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Can a touch-screen interface turn Windows around?
It's no secret that Windows Vista hasn't seen the warm reception Microsoft had hoped. With Windows 7, the company is placing its bets on a multi-touch interface -- like the iPhone UI for PCs. Could it change the public mood?
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 now scheduled for Q3
The next builds for Microsoft's forthcoming Web browser generation may already be ready, but the company wants to give publishers some time to prepare, in case their Web sites end up looking somehow storm-damaged. The next public preview of Microsoft's upcoming Web browser will be available in the third quarter of this year...
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Dell found guilty of misleading, harassing customers
Dell on Tuesday lost a major judgment in New York, in a case that centered around its financing practices for customers in which it was accused of defrauding and even harassing some. The case was brought by the state's attorney-general Andrew Cuomo one year ago, and alleged that Dell failed to provide "zero-percent financing"...
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Top Ten Things Science Can't Explain
It's time to cut to the chase with a look at the top ten things that science just can't explain - yet. No we're not talking minor mysteries like how Keith Richards is still walking, these are the biggies. Logan Wright ponders the questions that have still got us baffled.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
''Buckeey'' From Flavor of Love Caught In Sex Tape Video?
Shay "Buckeey" Johnson who gained most of her notability for appearing on the VH1 reality show "Flavor of Love 2" starring Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav, allegedly has been caught in an explicit sex tape video of her and allegedly her ex-boyfriend.
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IBM Encourages Employees to Use Social Media Sites
IBM has been encouraging social networking among its employees with in-house versions of Web 2.0 hits such as Facebook and Twitter...
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After The Shocking Reunion - Flavor Flav Speaks
It’s official: Flavor of Love is over. But as one chapter of the titular character’s life closes another opens — in a Wizard of Oz-like twist, Flav has realized that what he needed (Liz the mother of his youngest son Karma), has been right there in front of him all along.
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World's Biggest Airport Opens in Beijing [+PICS]
The world's biggest airport is now finished and ready for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The $3.5 billion gigantic dragon terminal, which is the centerpiece of the 501-square-mile complex capable to allow 50 million passengers per year, looks even more impressive in the amazing, almost unreal photos.
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Pirate's Booty: Confessions of a Disneyland Jack Sparrow
"Thirty-seven actors showed up that day, four of us in costume. After 15 minutes they pulled me into another room where two other guys were sitting. They told us we were going to be Disneyland’s first Jack Sparrows. I played Jack like he was real, and if a woman flirted, I would flirt back. Women loved it...."
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Windows 7 screen grabs look better than they sound
So Microsoft’s Sinofsky had a pretty good dance with CNET about Windows 7, really not saying much of anything. But a picture’s worth a thousand words, right? Howzabout a ton of pics?
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10 Most Beautiful, Unique and Amazing Celebrity Homes [PICS]
"A few weeks ago, we introduced you to what we considered the Top 10 Ridiculous, Obnoxious, and Just Plain Ugly Celebrity Houses. Now, we’re going to do an about-face and show you the homes we believe to be the top ten most beautiful, amazing and unique celebrity homes."
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Is the Secret Service Investigating Liz Trotta and Fox News?
Fox News political pundit Liz Trotta jokingly suggested this weekend that someone should assassinate an American presidential candidate.
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Where You Sit in Class...And What it Says About You [COMIC]
Oh so true. Taken from PHD Comics.
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Bill O'Reilly Loses It on Inside Edition [REMIX] [YOUTUBE]
Get down with Bill O'Reilly...
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Sydney Pollock Dead at age 73
Director and actor Sydney Pollack has died. He was 73. Pollack's agent, Leslee Dart, said Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at his home while surrounded by family.
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Facebook To Go Open Source
Sources report that Facebook will open source its Platform this week.
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Is Microsoft pulling an 'IE' on Google's product search?
Apparently Microsoft is fine with not earning any money at all in a lucrative market where it finds itself no better than second place, and where its competitor has a dominant stake, if Microsoft can gain a foothold. Sound familiar?
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Titanic search was cover for secret Cold War subs mission?
The discovery of the wreck of the Titanic was a cover story to camouflage the real mission of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold War nuclear submarines. When Bob Ballard led a team that pinpointed the wreckage of the liner in 1985 he had already completed his main task of finding out what happened to USS Thresher and USS Scorpion.
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Pac-Man Movie in Development - No, Seriously!
Producer Steven Paul announced that his production company, Crystal Sky Pictures, has managed to bring in U.S $200 Million to help fund five films. These include Castlevania, an unnamed sequel to Hard Boiled (which inspired John Woo's Stranglehold), and a celluloid version of Pac-Man.
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Grand Theft Audio? Videogame Voice Actors Underpaid
Read about the state of pay in video game voice acting and hear from one very vocal talent, Michael Hollick, star of Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV), voice of Niko Bellic.
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Australian Fishermen Catch 20-Foot, 500-Pound Giant Squid
The 20-foot-long, 500-pound squid was already dead when it was caught in a trawler's nets Sunday night in waters more than 1,640 feet deep.
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Crocodile and Shark Clash in Battle Down Under
It is being heralded as the clash of the titans – the moment when a crocodile and a shark went head to head in the wilds of Australia, and the shark came off second best.
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10 Craziest PC Case Mods
Nowadays, a computer is indispensable in our homes, but don’t you think they all look about the same? It would be nice to have something special, a PC like no other, therefore there are many people who try to create their own design for a computer and the first thing that you should change is the PC case.
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Maxwell Smart Will Ride a Vespa
The anti-James Bond character will be riding on a Vespa LX 150 scooter in the upcoming movie Get Smart.
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Far From Always Being Right, the Customer is on Hold
Remember the days when, if something went wrong with a product you ordered, you picked up the phone and there was a live person on the other end? Wait, there is more. You asked for customer service and were transferred — to another human! And that person perhaps even solved your problem.
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Apple files patent for "solar cells on portable devices"
In a patent application dated April 24, 2008 and titled "Solar cells on portable devices" attributed to a number of Apple employees, Apple reveals possible plans to integrate solar cells into devices such as iPods and MacBooks.
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Cannabis blunder at Tokyo airport
An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan's Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, officials say.
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Diet Coke to drop additive in DNA damage fear
Coca-Cola is phasing out a controversial additive that has been linked to damage to DNA and hyperactivity in children.
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Donkey Sent To Prison For Attacking Two Men
A donkey has been sent to prison in southern Mexico for a brutal case of ass-ault and battery.
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5 Child TV Stars That Grew Up Beautiful
From cute to knockout...where they are now.
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Samsung announces crazy fast 256GB SSD, our knees buckle
Uh oh, Samsung's just announced their first 256GB SSD. Not that you needed to know anything more than that to trigger salivation, but the MLC-flash SATA II drive has speeds of 200MBps read and 160MBps sequential write.
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Harry Potter Actor Killed in Knife Attack!
A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London, police said.
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6 New Versions We’re Desperately Waiting For
Sometimes, there’s talk of a great new version for a popular site or application. Screenshots are shown, new features are analyzed in detail…and then, everyone forgets about it and the new version drags on forever. Of course, if it’s an app or service you use occasionally, it’s not really that important, but what about those crucial tools you use every day?
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Fruity Link Too Juicy for Kids
A healthy food website promoted to children on hundreds of bags of pre-packed mandarins has turned out to be a link to hardcore pornography.
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The Evolution of Lara Croft [PICS]
The increase in Lara Croft's hotness is directly proportional to global warming...
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Trouble Brewing in New York for Hillary Clinton
Even as she continues her longshot presidential bid, Hillary Rodham Clinton faces substantial political fallout in New York, where black leaders say her standing has dropped due to racially charged comments by her and her husband during the campaign. Millions of New Yorkers feel there was insult, slight and disrespect to African American community.
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Twitter's controversy over Terms of Service
Twitter is at the center of a controversy that started out with the harassment of a user and has blown up to a larger discussion about Terms of Service, a company's responsibility to uphold them, and what protections a user might have under the law.
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2 Pictures, 2 Kinds of Goodbye [PICS]
A snapshot of loss, captured in time. On this U.S Memorial Day weekend, let us never forget the sacrifices made by those willing and proud to serve our country in its defense.
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12 Secrets of Public Relations for Startups
Public Relations is experiencing a long overdue renaissance and its forcing PR stereotypes out from behind the curtain where they operated comfortably for far too many decades. It didn’t begin this transformation because of Web 2.0 or the latest Social Media wave, but instead in the 90’s when the Web gained mass adoption.
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How To Fit 282 Slaves Inside A Ship
Illustration showing deck plans and cross sections of British slave ship Brookes.
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First Photos of Mars North Pole as Taken From Phoenix
An image gallery of photos around the North Pole of Mars direct from the Phoenix lander, and including some photos of the spacecraft and lander itself. Further photos will be streamed.
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Demo of iPhone Earth
Want to see what the earth would look like in your iPhone? Watch the video which was shot by Frank Taylor of the Google Earth Blog. It shows a demo of the “coolest thing” he saw at the recent Where 2.0 conference from a Boulder-Colorado startup called Earthscape.
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Pirate attacks around the world rise by 20 percent
They may no longer dress like characters from the Disney film 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' but the buccaneers of the 21st century have lost none of their taste for a bloodthirsty boarding.
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'Indiana Jones' Tops Box Office - U.S $126 Million Since Thursday
Indiana Jones unearthed box office gold at U.S theaters with a performance that puts the film on track to become the second biggest beginning-of-summer Memorial Day movie opening ever, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Phoenix probe lands successfully near Mars’ North Pole
Despite the success of NASA's Spirit and Opportunity missions, directors remained anxious over the first-ever landing of a probe near Mars' north pole to find signs of life. The Mars Phoenix Lander was wrapping up its 296-day, 422 million-mile journey with about a 50-50 chance of a successful touchdown, NASA officials said.
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T.I. Explains Firearms Bust
Rapper T.I. can sum up his recent gun-possession arrest and subsequent guilty plea in one sentence. But the King of the South knows it's way more complicated than that. "I was walking with guns and not walking with God," he said at his Atlanta estate last week.
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop
Ever wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial we'll create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience.
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20 Websites From Before the Internet was Invented
What would some of your favorite websites have looked like before you were born?
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The 11 Most Scorching-Hot Female Gaming Cosplayers
These are without a doubt, some of the finest looking girls dressed up as video game characters. From Tifa to Chun-Li, the SlobsofGaming are paying tribute to the most beautiful cosplay girls in history.
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Congress Subpoenas Karl Rove
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued a subpoena to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for testimony about the politicization of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman's case.
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Free online bikini games
Play bikini games for free without download or install. Just click and enjoy!
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Voices of The Simpsons Want a Raise!
"It has been said that art imitates life. I wonder if Homer Simpson was aware that Dan Castellaneta would want a raise from U.S $360,000 per episode to U.S $500,000 per episode."
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Why Food Looks More Appealing When You're Hungry
Why does food look more appealing when you are hungry? Scientists are finding that the same chemical in your stomach that causes hunger also changes how your brain perceives food.
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Next Office 2007 service pack will include ODF, PDF support
In a breakthrough development, Microsoft has announced its future editions of Microsoft Office, beginning with Service Pack 2 for Office 2007, will enable users to choose OpenDocument support as an alternate default option.
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R. Kelly's Ex-Protege: Girl On Tape Is My Niece!
At times sniffling and dabbing her eyes and her nose with a tissue, Sparkle appeared to be on the verge of tears but remained composed, although she also became defiant when Genson had his turn and accused the R&B singer of trying to take revenge against Kelly for terminating her record-label contract.
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TweetCube - free file sharing service for Twitter
TweetCube, a free file sharing service has been started by Flask Media for Twitter. You can share thousands of songs, videos and images with multiple clicks only.You can login by using your Twitter account.
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Twitter refuses to ban abusive users
Overall, Twitter is a great platform to connect with friends and co-workers and it felt safe in an “everyone knows everyone” sort of way in the beginning. However, as with any social network that continues to grow (especially one that focuses on broadcasting messages to the masses), it opens itself up to the prospect of abuse, harassment, spam, and other types of typical Terms of Service violations.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Google Sites Opens Up For Everyone
Google Sites, a solid jab at marrying an online collaboration app with a simple website creator, was initially available only as part of Google Apps for companies and organizations. Now, it’s open for everyone. Google Sites lets you create a simple webpage, and embed documents, photos, videos into it with ease.
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UrTurn Pays You To Use Facebook
Keeping up with your friends on social networks is hard work (enough so that many of us spend hours at it every week). Wouldn’t you like to make a few bucks for your trouble?
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Has Digg Changed Its 24-Hour Policy?
As all Digg regulars know, stories in Digg’s upcoming sections have a 24 hour expiration time; if a story is older than one day, and it hasn’t reached “popular” status, it is removed from the upcoming section, never to come back. However, currently there are a number of stories accross all upcoming sections with timestamps of 25, 26, and even 30 hours or more.
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Twitter Raises U.S $15 Million in Funding?
GigaOM has some slightly vague, but still convincing news confirming the recent rumor of Twitter’s new VC funding round. Details aren’t all fleshed out yet, but it seems that the existing investor, Union Square Ventures, has joined forces with a new investor, and that Twitter has raised U.S $15 million in funding at an U.S $80 million valuation.
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8 Types Of Annoying People You’ll Find Inside Starbucks
Here are 8 types of people you’ll find inside a Starbucks that are guaranteed to annoy the s*** out of you.
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Porsche GT2 Avalanche 600 by Gemballa
As it’s name implies, the Gemballa GT2 has a stunning 600 bhp together with 619 Nm of Torque. All this power makes the sprint from zero to 62 mph a piece of cake, more exactly 3.5 seconds. The topspeed has been increased to 199 mph (318 kmh)...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Bnarrator Gets Your Site Talking
Sometimes you just don’t want to have to actually read a lengthy blog post, and that’s where a site such as Bnarrator, a new company from Israel, can come in handy to both the readers, and to the site owner.
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iPhone vs. BlackBerry Bold: Hands On
Head to head and right next to each other: the BlackBerry Bold and the iPhone. Lots of images and a video too!
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Woman Stripped by Mechanical Shovel [VIDEO]
This is pretty much a construction worker's dream come true. On Italian TV a guy uses a giant mechanical shovel to slowly strip off a woman's clothes. She doesn't get naked but it's still pretty cool.
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The Most Amazing Table You Will See Today [YOUTUBE]
This is just one awesome table.
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Teenage boy jailed for taking call in court!
A Magistrate has jailed a teen for answering his mobile phone in court. The 17-year-old let his mobile ring with the music of U.S rapper 'Akon' before he answered the call while sitting in the front row of Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday.
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Nas Drops 'N Word' From New Album Title
"It's important to me that this album gets to the fans," the rapper says. "It's been a long time coming. I want my fans to know that creatively and lyrically, they can expect the same content and the same messages. It's that important. The streets have been waiting for this for a long time."
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Jessica Alba marries long-time boyfriend
Jessica Alba, who is pregnant with her first child, married long time boyfriend Cash Warren on Monday, her publicist said.
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Rick Ross Talks About Tiger Attack -- Seriously!
"There's a company down in Miami that keeps exotic animals," Ross recalled. "You can have whatever you want in the club. If you want some tigers, that's what it is. We called him for one scene in the video. When they got there, [the trainer] let us know that the tiger was irritated.
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T.I. Says He Was 'Hands-On' During Birth Of His Sixth Child
Rapper T.I. was with his longtime companion Tameka "Tiny" Cottle every step of the way last week when she gave birth to their son, Major Harris, on Friday. He felt almost as comfortable in the operating room as he does in the studio.
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42 Unusually Brilliant Business Card Designs [PICS]
In today’s world of short attention spans it is more important than ever to make a compelling first impression. A brilliant business card that speaks to your profession, serves some unusual function or that transforms into something else can be a great way to grab attention and inspire those you meet.
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Obama wins Oregon, clinches pledged-delegate lead
Democratic front-runner Sen. Barack Obama inched closer to his party’s nomination Tuesday night, winning the Oregon primary and securing a majority of pledged delegates.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Difference Between Regular and High Definition TV [PIC]
You can really notice the difference, eh?
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MySpace Moves To Limit Spammy Applications, Like Facebook
MySpace may once again start to take action against third party applications that disrupt the user experience (or their revenue streams), it seems. Back before MySpace Platform this was limited to the occasional widget provider that got out of line. But third parties now have a broad arsenal of features to attack users...
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Twitter: Something Is Technically Wrong
"I’ve mostly stopped bothering to post when Twitter is down like it is now and like it was yesterday (honestly, it’s news when they keep the site live for 24 hours at this point). But, seriously, they need to get their act together. It’s past embarrassing."
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So Who Should Moonbases Belong To Then?
For just about as long as the moon has been within reach, people have been arguing about lunar property rights: Can astronauts claim the moon for king and country, as in the Age of Discovery? Are corporations allowed to expropriate its natural resources, and individuals to own its real estate?
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‘Spider-Man 4 & 5’ to be Shot at Same Time?
The Spider-Man movie franchise has definitely brought Sony a lot of good press, despite the lackluster outing the third installment made. But, a new rumor has reinvigorated Spider-Man fans the world over, with the possibility that future Spider-Man movies 4 and 5 could be filmed at the same time.
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White House denies Iran attack report
The White House on Tuesday flatly denied an Army Radio report that claimed US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term. It said that while the military option had not been taken off the table, the administration preferred to resolve concerns about Iran's push for a nuclear weapon "through peaceful diplomatic means."
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Hottest College Girl of 2008
She won U.S $10,000.00, a trip to NYC and a party thrown in her honor.
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iPhone Vista Theme Makes Steve Jobs Cry Tears Of Blood
Best, worst or most hilarious iPhone Summerboard Theme ever? VistaPerfection 2.0 is a complete Windows Vista theme for the iPhone with over 90 icons, wallpapers, a dock, sound effects and everything else Vista like the Sidebar and Start menu.
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Doomsday on December 21, 2012?
Apparently, the Earth is going to end on December 21, 2012. At this point, you've got two choices:Either stop planning the rest of your life now, because after all, you can't save yourself from an ancient Mayan prediction of doomsday...OR take these words of advice: keep on living like you do.
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U.S $175 burger: you want gold with that?
Its creators admit it is the ultimate in decadence: a U.S $175 hamburger. The Wall Street Burger Shoppe just raised its price from U.S $150 to assure its designation as the costliest burger in the city as determined by Pocket Change, an online newsletter about the most expensive things in New York.
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Senator Ted Kennedy Has Brain Tumor
According to the Associated Press, Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor. After his seizure this weekend, doctors ran tests that discovered a growth in the left parietal lobe of his brain. Though doctors need to take more tests to learn what next steps to take, the normal treatment includes both radiation and chemotherapy...
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26 Tricks to Help You Tame Google Calendar
Google's free online calendar makes it easy track your schedule from anywhere, but many of its best features lurk beneath the surface. Here's how to handle Gcal like a pro.
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iPhone 3G Launch Date Confirmed!
We all suspected it, but now it is confirmed: sources close to the 3G iPhone launch have told Gizmodo that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th. The second-generation iPhone will be available worldwide right after the launch, and not at year's end, as previously thought.
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Bubble Alert: Facebook Traffic Declines 10% in April
The latest stats from Nielsen Online show a significant decline in month-over-month unique visitors to Facebook in the US. In April, traffic fell to 22.4M uniques, down from the 24.9M reported in March. Year-over-year traffic growth decelerated from 98% to a much more modest 56%. MySpace also saw a modest decline (from 60.3M to 58.7M)...
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Zuora Aims To Be Salesforce for Online Billing
Its so-called “Z-Billing Platform” that goes live today handles four main billing-related areas: customer accounts and subscriptions, product catalogs, billing operations, and order management. The whole offering is provided a la Salesforce as an on-demand solution.
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Kobe Bryant Passes to Himself for 2-Handed Dunk [YOUTUBE]
It's the ability to make stuff up in mid-air that makes Kobe the closest thing to Michael.
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16 Tips For Getting Good Sleep
There's a lot of advice out there about getting good sleep -- it's VERY important. We quickly adjust to being sleep-deprived, and don't notice that we aren't functioning at a normal level, but lack of sleep really affects us. If you're feeling blue or listless, try going to sleep thirty minutes earlier for a week. It can really help.
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Top 10 Political Brawls of All Time
For those of you who think Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama can sling some mud, check out these brawls.
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5 Groovy Sites for Free Music Downloads
Want to fill up your MP3 player for free without facing the wrong end of an RIAA lawsuit? These five sites offer DRM-free downloads from exciting artists.
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10 Deepest Caves in the World
So what about those caves that create the enigma, that fuel the stuff of legends; caves that appear bottomless and that seem to extend to the very center of the earth? What are the ten deepest caves on our planet?
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Pimp Windows XP Desktop to Look Like a Cool Mac Desktop
If you use the default Windows desktop, chances are that you could use a "look and feel" overhaul. Apple's OSX desktop is widely considered to be cleaner, more intuitive, and more customizable. The following instructions will show you how to get that Mac look for your PC by installing some cool, free applications.
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Superb High Resolution Wallpapers (Up to 2560x1600)
An excellent source for free backgrounds, sorted by user ratings. The images are available in all common resolutions, from 2560x1600 down to 1024x768 and are very diversely themed.
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10 Most Memorable Indiana Jones Moments
These are the moments that stuck with us long after the credits rolled. They are shocking, humorous and exciting. Some have become part of the iconic legends (like the boulder) while others can be quoted in pop culture with no need of an explanation (like “No ticket!” ala Kevin Smith).
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Michael Jackson to Sue File Swapping Site - The Pirate Bay
Artist Michael Jackson is throwing his name into the hat of a group of fading artists suing The Pirate Bay, the largest BitTorrent tracker Web sites. In what appears to be a coalition of gimmicky, yet successful, artists from prior decades, Jackson is teaming up with Prince, the Village People, UB40 and Bob Marley's rights holders...
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How to Learn to Play an Instrument Online
Why pay for lessons when you can teach yourself to play online?
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Obama: 'Be Nice to Clinton Supporters'
At an event in the timber-country town of Roseburg, Ore., he told a boisterous crowd of about 300 supporters that a win in November would require a unified Democratic Party, adding: "That means all of you have to be nice to Clinton supporters."
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Facebook CEO Wants to Talk With Google on Friend Connect
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to sit down with Google and work out the privacy issues that caused Facebook to block Google's Friend Connect. "We want to talk to Google about this and see if there's a way we can make it work," said Zuckerberg at a news conference in Tokyo. He was in the Japanese capital to launch the a local-language version of the social networking site.
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Posty - Write Once and Post to Multiple Social Networks
'Posty' is a microblogging application which allows to write a message once and post it on many social networks with one click.
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Firefox 3 On Track To Be Speediest Browser
Now that Mozilla's locked down Firefox 3's final feature set with Friday's push of release candidate 1, it's official: while Firefox 3 boasts some great new features like a smart address bar and better bookmarks manager, the best reason to upgrade will be for the performance improvements.
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Akon Responds To Smoking Gun Report That He Fabricated Past
Little more than a month ago, The Smoking Gun published an article claiming Akon manufactured most of his past as the ringleader of a "notorious" car-theft ring and that he didn't spend four and a half years in prison, as he has said. Instead, the Web site reported, Akon spent only a few months in an Atlanta jail for stealing a single car...
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Stephen Colbert watches Diggnation!
This is proof enough that Stephen Colbert is a Digger...
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Solar Systems With Two Suns!
Planets and asteroids circle around not one, but two suns...
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Use a Freedom Account to Prepare for the Unexpected
In her book Debt-Proof Living, author Mary Hunt suggests a sort of “emergency fund plus“. Often when people struggle with money, she says, it’s not the predictable monthly bills that are the problem. People cannot cope with the unexpected things — not just emergencies (like a severe illness), but irregular expenses like auto maintenance, wedding and birthday gifts, or a new pair of shoes.
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Megan Fox Crowned Sexiest Woman in the World
Actress Megan Fox was named the world's sexiest woman on Wednesday by an annual online poll, while the world's most Googled woman, Britney Spears, barely scraped in at No. 100 after a shocker of a year.
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George Lucas Has Idea for More Indiana Jones Sequels
“I haven’t even told Steven or Harrison this,” Lucas told Fox News. “But I have an idea to make Shia [LeBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out.” Harrison Ford told USA Today in April that he also might consider a fifth installment of Indiana Jones.
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Starbucks Logo Under Fire: Shows Partially Covered Breasts
The new retro logo at Starbucks is stirring controversy. The logo shows a mermaid with partially-covered breasts. A Christian group based in San Diego called 'The Resistance' says the logo looks like a naked woman with her legs spread like a prostitute. 'The Resistance' is calling for a national boycott of Starbucks.
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China Allows Bloggers Freedom Amid Earthquake Aftermath
In a rather rare situation for the people of China, the government is allowing information created by citizens about last Monday’s devastating earthquake to flow without much restriction. According to a report filed by Cara Anna with Associated Press, China is not placing nearly as much restriction on the flow of information as they normally do.
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Robin Williams Explains How a Drunk Scotsman Invented Golf
Hilarious or historical?
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Jennifer Aniston Geeks Out with Amazon Kindle
One thing Citi Analyst Kevin Mahaney didn’t know about earlier this week in his very optimistic sales estimates for the Kindle: Jennifer Aniston is apparently a fan!
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How to Spot and Destroy Weak Arguments
Keep these simple rules in the back of your mind the next time somebody tries to get in your face...
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John Mayer Gets 'BlackBerry Bold' Well in Advance of its Release!
All that's required to snag a BlackBerry Bold well before its public release is to become a Grammy award-winning artist, sell out shows worldwide, date a smattering of superstars and convince Fender to create and sell your own branded guitar. While you're off working on step one, John Mayer is living it up with his brand new Blackberry Bold.
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One 'Hot' Security System!
Learn how you can protect your home in a pretty radical and fun way by transforming two cheap household items into a stealth hi-tech anti-burglar security system...
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Huckabee "jokes" to NRA about assassinating Obama
During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who has endorsed presumptive nominee John McCain, joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman. "That was Barack Obama. Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor."
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Hey Look! It's The Google Street View Van! [PIC]
It's hard to believe a Google Street View van elicits this kind of rock groupie reaction!
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Finally, The Mummy 3 Teaser Trailer!!!
Teaser trailer for the 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.'
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Sony plans to sell 10 million PS3s this year
Sony plans to boost sales of of Blu-ray drives to 7 million units in the year ahead, from 2 million over the past fiscal year, while also selling another 10 million PS3 game machines without "drastic" price cuts. This according to Nobuyuki Oneda, Sony Corp.'s executive VP and CFO, during his company's quarterly earnings report late yesterday.
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Facebook opts out of Google 'Friend Connect'
In a blog post, Facebook developer Charlie Cheever said Facebook will be blocking Google's Friend Connect, citing a revelation about how it distributes users' private information. Cheever remarked, "Now that Google has launched Friend Connect, we've had a chance to evaluate the technology..."
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Lars Ulrich Talks New Metallica Album
For well over a year, Metallica have been working on material for their yet-untitled ninth studio offering. And in all that time, the boys have managed to keep a lid on any information regarding the effort, which they've decided to work on with producer Rick Rubin (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slayer), severing their ties to longtime producer Bob Rock.
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Bill O'Reilly's Producer
A first ever look at the man behind the camera that set off Bill O'Reilly's Inside Edition tirade...
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Facebook's Big Facelift
This is an article about the makeover plans for Facebook. Quite interesting.
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Bush Compares Obama To Nazi Appeasers
President Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the presidential race, but that stance changed dramatically today, when he compared Barack Obama to Nazi appeasers during his trip to Israel.
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Digg: New Comments System Released!
"We’re excited to launch the new Comments system – we’ve listened to your requests and feedback and have incorporated many of your suggestions."
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Movie Trailer: Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz Make Out
The movie trailer for Woody Allen’s 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' has hit the web, in preparation of the film’s premiere at Cannes. The story follows two young American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) who come to Barcelona for a summer holiday.
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Brits Want Microsoft Office 2007 Expelled From Classrooms
Instead of Open XML, BECTA (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) wants the EU to compel Microsoft to support open standards, such as the Open Document Format.
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California Supreme Court OVERTURNS Gay Marriage Ban!!
The California Supreme Court has overturned a voter-approved gay marriage ban, though more challenges loom...
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Papoose Dismisses 'Ridiculous' Remy Ma Escape-Plot Rumors
With thoughts of injustice flowing through his mind, Papoose erupted in anger in a New York courtroom Tuesday after hearing that his fiancee, Remy Ma, had been sentenced to eight years in prison. "I got a little bit aggravated. I think anybody would," Pap, wearing a wedding band on his ring finger, said in New York's Platinum Studios Wednesday.
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Opera Mini 4.1 full release now available
The next version of the up-and-coming graphical browser -- a popular alternative to what phone manufacturers typically supply -- has emerged from beta and is available free. The latest iteration of Opera Mini, which has already been ported over to Android, promises an all-around faster experience on the mobile Web.
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Google Kills Anonymous AdSense Account
Exclusive: Google has murdered the AdSense account run by one of the web's most influential Anti-Scientology sites.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
GTA4 Raises Classic GTA Prices on Xbox & PS2
"Buying all three older Grand Theft Auto games released on Xbox would cost $76 now instead of $64 in March, an 18% increase. Buying the same Playstation 2 GTA games would cost $33 now and were $30 in March, which is an 11% increase."
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John Edwards Officially Endorses Obama!
In doing so he can now turn over all the pledged delegates he's won to Obama.
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5 Social Networking Sites Of The Wealthy
Executives and other affluent types now have their own space to connect, rather than logging on MySpace. To get in the door, though, you have to fit the profile. Even if you do, though, some circles are easier to break into than others.
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Bush: I Gave Up Golf For The Troops
"Any military member or military family member who supports Bush's party after this outrage should seek professional help."
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Officially Cool: Freddy Krueger Nike Sneakers
If you are a huge fan of Freddy Krueger and Friday The 13th, this is totally up your alley. This is a custom pair of Nike sneakers decorated in a Nightmare on Elm Street theme. These shoes are pretty sweet. Not too loud, not ambiguous to the theme they are supposed to represent.
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The Rise and Fall of a Porn King
"Five years ago Greg Lasrado drove a $500,000 black Lamborghini Diablo, rubbed shoulders with people such as Bill Clinton, lived between multimillion-dollar penthouses and bought racehorses for fun. Today his sole asset is a rusty ute, he lives in his parents' spare bedroom and spends most weekends helping his mum with the housework." A great read.
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BREAKING: John Edwards Endorsing Obama Tonight:?
The Obama campaign has announced a "major national endorsement" for a rally tonight in Michigan, and the rumor mill is swirling that it is none other than Sen. John Edwards. Mark Halperin reports: "Radio silence from six senior Obama officials when asked directly by The Page: 'Is John Edwards endorsing Barack Obama today?'"
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Al Gore’s CurrentTV Offered $100 Million For Digg In 2006
At the meeting Gore ran the room. He charmed everyone on the Digg team. He remembered everyone’s name, and if someone got cut off, he was careful to come back to him and ask him to finish what he was saying. It was quite a contrast to the meeting with Murdoch. “It made me feel so good to know this guy is legit,” Kevin says, remembering and still glowing. “You could just tell.”
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Digg Townhall and Meet-up News
Check out the video from the first Digg Meet-up in San Francisco, and mark your calendars for future Digg Townhalls and Meet-ups!
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Google accidentally enables ratings on some Blogger accounts
Some blogger users may have noticed their blog suddenly started showing star ratings — a feature that appears to be in the works, and according to Blogger, was given by accident to some unsuspecting bloggers. The feature hasn’t been released yet, and they have “fixed” the problem.
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Bush Visits Israel - What The Hell For?
Red carpets and high words, but no progress what so ever. Bush visits Israel to "push peace forward" with Peres, Ohlmert and Abbas when all 4 are lame ducks and in light of growing violence in Lebanon and in Ghaza.
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Bill Gates gives first hints about 'Windows 7' beta cycle
If what the Microsoft chairman said last week in Tokyo is to be taken seriously, then the beta cycle for the next version of Windows must begin in a matter of weeks. If no such announcement happens, then the Gates era is truly over.
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Apple Warms To Variable Pricing?
Is Apple warming to the idea of variable pricing? One could say it is based on details surrounding its newly announced deal with HBO. Apple is selling several of the company's original TV series at different prices...
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New Sites Make It Easier To Spy on Your Friends
If you are still relying on Google to snoop on your friends, you are behind the curve.
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New Sites Make It Easier To Spy on Your Friends
If you are still relying on Google to snoop on your friends, you are behind the curve.
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Uhhhhh, 'Beavis & Butt-Head' Live-Action Debut Coming?
They pissed off our parents, filled our mouths with clever catchphrases, mocked your favorite music videos, and followed their hit TV show with the #1 opening of a nationwide film. Then they were gone. Now, Beavis & Butt-Head might be getting ready to do it all over again — and wait until you hear what they're gonna look like.
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Get Vista's Best Features in Windows XP
Despite the fact that most of you prefer XP to Vista and would rather Microsoft extended XP's shelf-life, several new and improved features available in Vista would be great to have in XP. This new functionality may not be enough to get you to switch to Vista, but that doesn't mean you're out of luck.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Drew Barrymore in California Chase With Hit-and-Run Vehicle
Actress Drew Barrymore was rear-ended Monday in a hit-and-run car accident and managed to follow the other vehicle to get its license plate, authorities said. The 33-year-old actress was not injured in the accident Monday in West Hollywood, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Kristin Aloma said. She said she didn't know the extent of damage to Barrymore's car.
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BlackBerry touchscreen phone to be dubbed 'Thunder'
The industrious Boy Genius has apparently unearthed more juicy tidbits about that rumored BlackBerry touchscreen device. Word from BG is that the new iPhone-ish handset is now internally dubbed the "Thunder," and will come to Verizon and Vodafone as an exclusive device.
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Albert Einstein's True Religious Beliefs Revealed
In the letter, he states: "The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this."
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An Engineer With Too Much Time On His Hands
Ron Patrick's street-legal jet-powered VW Beetle.
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Windows XP SP3 update causing endless reboots in AMD machines
An issue with how the Service Pack 3 update handles AMD chips will cause some Windows XP computers to continuously reboot. Microsoft says it is investigating, and provided removal instructions for those having problems. The issues come in two forms: The first affects some systems with AMD chips and OEM XP images, while the other seems to affect...
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Flaw lets spammers use Gmail for sending bulk e-mail
The persistent battle against junk e-mail is already difficult, with 95% of messages sent being spam, but a vulnerability in Gmail could inadvertently worsen the problem until fixed. The Information Security Research Team (INSERT) has helped to uncover a security flaw that transforms Google's popular Gmail service into a spam machine...
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Was Nick Hogan's Reckless-Driving Sentence Appropriate?
Readers disagree whether eight months in prison for Hulk Hogan's son is too much or too little punishment for August accident. On Friday, Nick Hogan (born Nick Bollea) was sentenced by a Florida judge for the role he played in an August car crash that left his friend John Graziano, the passenger in the car, critically injured.
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BREAKING: Nearly 10,000 reported killed by China quake
Rainy weather and poor logistics thwarted efforts by relief troops who walked for hours over rock, debris and mud on Tuesday in hopes of reaching the worst-hit area of an earthquake that killed nearly 10,000 in central China, state-run media reported. Setting out from Maerkang in Sichuan Province at 8 p.m. Monday, the 100 or so troops had to travel 200 kilometers (124 miles) to go before reaching Wenchuan, the epicenter of the quake, also in the province, Xinhua reported. After seven hours, they still had 70 kilometers (43 miles) to go.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Men more likely than women to crave alcohol
A new study of emotional and alcohol-craving responses to stress has found that when men become upset, they are more likely than women to want alcohol.
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This Is What You Call 'Rush Hour' [PIC]
Pray to never be in a situation like that!
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Alanis Morissette Plans Fall U.S. Tour
With her new album, "Flavors of Entanglement," due out June 10 on Maverick/Reprise, Alanis Morissette is planning an intense spate of road work that will include headlining dates in North America this fall.
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First Gears of War 2 Gameplay Video!
It's here, the first ever video footage of Gears of War 2 for Xbox 360! It's two full minutes of freaking awesome gameplay video.
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The Worst Goalkeeper - Ever [YOUTUBE]
"I've seen pretty bad goalkeepers but this is by far the worst I've ever seen. He looks like he was drunk!"
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'The X-Files: I Want to Believe' Trailer Has Arrived!
The very first trailer for 'The X-Files: I Want to Believe' has finally arrived! The buzz for this movie is definitely going to pick up with this trailer.
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Digg Desktop Widget
You can create a customized Digg Desktop Widget that would keep you updated of stories of your choice that keep rolling on Digg. So whenever you view your desktop screen you would also see the Digg stories.
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900+ students buried in China earthquake
China is bracing itself for a huge human tragedy: a powerful quake measuring 7.8 has struck some of its most densely populated areas and officials have revealed many children are among the dead.
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New Google Service Turns Web Pages into Networking Sites
To socialize these days, hundreds of millions of people every month turn to social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook.
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BlackBerry Strikes Back at iPhone
The Bold even beats Apple to a few punches. It uses the faster 3G cellular network, which the iPhone doesn’t. Also, RIM announced a U.S $150 million venture fund to invest in applications and services for the BlackBerry, trumping the U.S $100 million iFund set up by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers to invest in stuff for the iPhone.
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How Web 3.0 Will Work
You've decided to go see a movie and grab a bite to eat afterward. You're in the mood for a comedy and some incredibly spicy Mexican food. Booting up your PC, you open a Web browser and head to Google to search for theater, movie and restaurant information.
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RIM's BlackBerry Bold Beats Apple to the 3G Punch
Research in Motion's sleek new BlackBerry Bold 9000 will support 3G networks worldwide, as well as Wi-Fi and GPS. Will it be able to withstand a 3G iPhone challenge?
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Friday, May 9, 2008
Hillary Clinton Gets Booed at Shepherd University in West Virginia
On what was probably one of the toughest days of her campaign so far, with pundits and analysts of all stripes declaring her presidential candidacy finished, Mrs. Clinton put on her battle face Wednesday and confronted what was at times a hostile crowd at a hastily arranged speech at Shepherd University.
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The Weather Channel's U.S $5 Billion Sexual Bunder
The Weather Channel is facing a hurricane of it's own. A lawsuit was filed by ex-anchorwoman Hillary Andrews after repeated sexual harassment from co-anchor Bob Stokes. As TWC tries to sell it's Weather.com website and Weather Channel for U.S $5 Billion, executives aim to keep this lawsuit a secret. The forecast? A sprinkle, possibly a hurricane.
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Facebook Users Meet for Water Fight, Destroys Public Garden
More than 300 people ran riot and destroyed an award-winning garden after they responded to a campaign for a mass water fight on social networking website Facebook. With the country basking in its recent spell of fine weather, hundreds descended on the Millenium Square garden in Leeds following a listing on the popular website.
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Microsoft warns of IE7 lock-in with XP SP3
You can't go backwards or forwards with SP3, truly 'screwed' down.
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It's Now Completely Impossible To Sell A Laptop On Ebay
Timothy's email went on for about two weeks, so we've tried to edit it for length.
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Viigo's Project Tango in Action [VIDEO]
See a video preview of Viigo's upcoming 'Project Tango' showing the new interface and features!
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iPhone inventory in Europe appears to be dwindling
It seems to be getting harder to find the iPhone in Europe these days, a possible sign that the 3G version is close to release. For a period of time on O2's Web site Thursday, a message stating the iPhone was "no longer available" greeted users. This had changed by midday US time, when the 16 GB was shown to be again in stock.
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Linda Lavin from "Alice"
In the '70s, Linda Lavin played widowed Mel's Diner waitress Alice Hyatt on the TV series "Alice." Guess what she looks like now!
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Rihanna & Chris Brown Announce Their Love At KFC
We are just so full of we-told-you-so’s this week, the latest being the outing of Rihanna and Chris Brown’s romance at…of all places…some KFC pit stop.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16
Systems administrators: Mark your calendars. Microsoft is going to start pushing the first service packs for Office 2007 and SharePoint 2007 next month. In December, when Microsoft rolled out Service Pack (SP) 1 for the 2007 Office System, company officials said they’d give customers a minimum 30-day advance notice before pushing out...
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Papa John's Surpasses U.S $1 Billion in Online Pizza Sales!
Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers. That's because orders are rolling in through the Internet. "It's pretty amazing not to hear a phone ring on a busy night," said Freitas...
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5 sure-fire ways to save money on your food bill
Would you like an extra £610 in your pocket each year? That is how much money the average household with children throws away annually in food it paid for but didn’t get around to eating. Shocking, isn’t it?
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Student Claims Pogo Stick Record Broken
Crazy person decides to do 177,000 bounces on a pogo stick...
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Google Talk Adds Desktop Notifications
'Google Talk Labs Edition' adds desktop notifications for Gmail, Google Calendar, and Orkut. You can even snooze your Google Calendar notifications!
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Stallone Slams Myanmar Junta's Indifference
Sylvester Stallone accused the former Burma's Junta of indifference to their citizen's cyclone misery. "I think there's going to be great social change in that country because they can't hide any more." "Rambo", the movie is banned in Myanmar, but it has become a hot property in the country's underground DVD scene.
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MySpace partners with Yahoo, Twitter and eBay
Having previously talked the talked when it comes to data portability, MySpace is beginning to walk the walk: announcing its own ‘data portability’ initiative, supported by partners Yahoo, Twitter and eBay.
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iPhone’s Safari YouTube Support
Well, we just started really messing around with the latest iPhone SDK and OS, and came across something that’s pretty cool. Finally we have YouTube support in the web browser!
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9 Proven Techniques to Double Sales
If you’ve been in business very long, you probably know a few “truths.” 1) Growing AND managing your company is challenging. 2) There always seems to be a better way to do things. 3) Success is not easy to come by, but is worth the struggle!
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Rumor: Comcast Considering Monthly Data Caps, Overage Fees
Other than Time Warner's single-city foray into monthly data caps, consumption-based billing has mostly been little ISPs with little monopolies, and given the market, we thought it'd stay that way. Broadband Reports is reporting that now Comcast is mulling monthly caps—something in the 250GB range, and then $1.50 for every GB over that.
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The Simpsons - Compilation of Couch Gag Intros [YOUTUBE]
Lots of good couch gag intros here.
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Lil Wayne Enters Not Guilty Plea In Arizona Drug Case
Rapper Lil Wayne stood before an Arizona Superior Court judge on Tuesday to plead not guilty to six drug- and weapons-related charges, stemming from his January 22 arrest by federal agents along the state's border, just 75 miles outside Yuma, Arizona.
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GTA IV earns half a billion for Take-Two in one week
Grand Theft Auto IV, Take-Two Interactive's crown jewel of the sandbox game series, reportedly sold over 6 million copies of the game for Xbox 360 and PS3, earning the company over U.S $500 Million dollars in the first week alone.
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EXCLUSIVE: See Mariah & Nick's Wedding Photo!
Yep, they did it! If there was any doubt Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's wedding was the real deal, they answer the question once and for all in this week's issue of PEOPLE, speaking for the first time about their surprise nuptials – and showing off exclusive photos from their April 30 ceremony.
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Amazing: X-Ray Shows Remains of Kitten Inside Python
This amazing X-ray picture shows the skeleton of a kitten inside a python's stomach after being devoured in one gulp by the predator. Eight-week-old tabby, Kohl, was seized by the slithering assassin while in the garden of her owner's home in Australia's tropical Northern Territory. The snake was found with a "bulging belly" by 14-year-old Taara...
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Sleep Habits Linked to Health
People who sleep fewer than six hours a night — or more than nine — are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and obesity.
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Russians to operate computers by power of thought
The scientists of Southern Federal University won a $750,000 award for the development of the systems of the mental computer control.
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Mozilla: Firefox Plugin Shipped With Malicious Code
Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded thousands of times over the past three months. Because of a virus infection, the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 was polluted with adware, Mozilla security chief Window Snyder said in a blog posting.
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Facebook Nabs Another Google Exec
The Internet giant just lost another executive to the social networking site. This time it's Elliot Schrage, who had been heading global communications and public affairs at the search king. Schrage starts his new post as Facebook's vice president of communications and public policy on May 14.
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'Hoff' Upset He Was Driven Out Of Knight Rider
David Hasselhoff insists he'll have nothing to do with a planned Knight Rider TV series because producers ignored his ideas for the project's hit pilot and ousted him as a guest star. Hasselhoff, who was the original Knight Rider on TV in the 1980s, claims he came up with the idea of reviving the franchise...
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How My Wife Ruined GTA IV
After watching me play for GTA IV for hours, I wondered if my wife wanted a turn. She was sitting on the couch next to me, so I extended the controller to her and asked, “You wanna drive around for a bit?” She replied, “Sure, why not.” My wife somehow figured out how to suck all of the fun out of GTA IV and managed to ruin one best games of all time.
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Worst 'American Idol' Final Four Ever?
Oh, “American Idol," why must you break our spirits and crush our souls? Here are more questions I had after Tuesday’s lackluster “Idol” Final Four program: What is wrong with Jason Castro? Should the talented David Cook fear winning? Can David Archuleta ever relax? Will the finale be an overstuffed hot mess?
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BlackBerry 9000 Unboxing & Review!
"Remember those three BlackBerry 9000 units that showed up on eBay? As I made note in an earlier post, when the auction got pulled by the powers that be (err.. RIM?!!) there were still two units remaining, leaving one Crazy BlackBerry Addict anxiously waiting for the delivery of this next generation BlackBerry smartphone."
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MSNBC's Russert: 'We Now Know Who the Nominee Will Be'
Tim Russert, on MSNBC, points out that after the Indiana and North Carolina Primaries, 'We now know who the Democratic Nominee will be.'
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Colbert wins 'Webby Person of the Year'
Stephen Colbert may have already earned the title of "Greatest Living American" but now he can add "Webby Person of the Year." Colbert's use of the Internet, including challenging the "truthiness" of Wikipedia and attracting 78 members per minute to the Facebook page for his candidacy for president earned him the award.
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Aid workers fear Burma cyclone deaths will top 50,000
Foreign aid workers in Burma have concluded that as many as 50,000 people died in Saturday’s cyclone, and two to three million are homeless, in a disaster on a scale comparable with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The official death count after Cyclone Nargis stood at just under half that by 1300 GMT on Tuesday, at around 22,500 people dead plus a further 41,000 missing.
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Microsoft extends the lifespan of Outlook Express & Hotmail
Like the extension of XP's lifespan, Microsoft says the extended date to the Outlook Express DAV Deprecation has been the result of customer feedback. The transition away from the protocol would end Outlook Express' access to a user's Hotmail inbox, and customers were originally encouraged to switch to Windows Live Mail.
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Britney Spears To Get More Time With Kids
Unlike Britney Spears' previous custody hearings, the embattled pop star's arrival Tuesday morning (May 6) at the Los Angeles County courthouse was punctual and without much of the usual ballyhoo.
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Only the Creepiest Photos Ever Taken [PICS]
Mourning is a strange thing, and different cultures deal with it in vastly different ways. But there’s a reason people associate the Victorians above all with morbidity and death. These postmortem photographs were taken more than any other kind of photograph in the Victorian era, especially in the U.S.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Did Earth once have multiple moons?
The ancient catastrophe that gave birth to the Moon may have produced additional satellites that lingered in Earth's skies for tens of millions of years.
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The iPhone Gets Its Own Photo Sharing Site
Natuba is a new photo sharing site that targets iPhone users with an emphasis on mobile uploading.
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Leaked: New Digg Comment System [VIDEO]
Kevin Rose sent out a Twitter update with the link, but then deleted it saying he posted the link in the wrong window! Oops!
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‘Terminator Salvation’: The Dilution of a Franchise
"Terminator Salvation is completely dead…to me and to many others who want more of the classic franchise they’ve loved for decades, thanks to a planned PG-13 rating!"
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Diggnation for enterprise?
In contrast to Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht, this is an altogether more sober gathering. ;)
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iPhone announced for Australia, New Zealand & 8 Other Countries!
Vodafone's just got a tiny, minor, insignificant announcement to make this morning: it's signed with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten markets, including Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy (so much for Telecom Italia), India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. Expect the phone later this year -- that's all we know for now...
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6 Excellent Firefox Extensions Made To Save You Time
If you are a die-hard Firefox user then I am sure you are always on the look-out for tips and tweaks to get more out of Firefox in less time and hence be more productive.
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50 Cent Gets Chain Snatched Onstage During Show In Africa
50 Cent may have lost a bit of weight for his latest movie role, but the MC is still a force to be reckoned with. A fan in Angola appears to have learned that lesson the hard way recently when he jumped onstage during a G-Unit show in the African nation and snatched 50's chain from his neck mid-song.
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Use Your BlackBerry in the Rain!
April showers could continue clear through May, and your Burberry and your BlackBerry are already waterlogged. Perhaps you need...a Nubrella.
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New Boston Apple Store Largest In the World
Later this month, Apple is opening its latest flagship store on Boylston Street in Boston. The store's main claim to fame? It's huge. We're talking 'largest Apple Store in the world,' by square footage.
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LinkedIn vs. Facebook: 6 Months Later
Last November we asked you, "In 6 months time, will you have more business contacts in Facebook than LinkedIn?" 62% of you said LinkedIn, and only about a quarter chose Facebook. It's now been about six months, so how do the two services stack up? Has Facebook caught up with LinkedIn for Facebook? Will it ever? And what about Xing?
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What to Do When Windows Gets Really Messed Up
Even when Windows routinely gives you the Blue Screen of Death, all may not be lost. We'll show you how to restore both your data and your sanity.
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Monday, May 5, 2008
The Monstrous Killer-Cyclone That Devastated Burma [PIC]
Tropical Cyclone Nargis as photographed on 2 May 2008 at 4:40 UTC by NASA's Terra satellite.
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Official: More Than 10,000 May Have Died in Myanmar Cyclone
Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday. Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country, also known as Burma, early Saturday with winds of up to 120 mph, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
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Boxing Fans Will Miss Oscar De La Hoya When He's Gone
Oscar De La Hoya did what he had to do. Steve Forbes did what he'd hoped to do. De La Hoya was dominant over 12 rounds against Forbes on Saturday night, winning a clear, deserved and unanimous decision. His punches were heavier, his selection of punches more varied, his jab stiffer and stronger.
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5 Misconceptions About Marketing
Marketing is a subject that’s very often misunderstood by many of us who are not directly involved in it. There are many misconceptions around what marketing teams do, especially in relation to the art of selling. There are, however, some key things to understand that can help clear up this confusion considerably...
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`Iron Man' Debuts With $100 Million-Plus Weekend!
Iron Man" was pure gold at the box office. The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in U.S $100.7 Million during its opening weekend and U.S $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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NIN Gives Away New Full Length Album!
"As a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new Nine Inch Nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com. The music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE."
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Apple's underhanded Safari download scheme pays off
Back in March, Apple began tricking Windows users into downloading Safari via a method that Mozilla CEO John Lilly said "borders on malware distribution practices." Malware or not, the scheme paid off for Apple, tripling the use of Safari on Windows in a single month.
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Mentos and Diet Coke explosion at 1200fps
"Giz reader Robert Woodhead combined two things that I just can't seem to get sick of seeing: Stuffing Mentos into Diet Coke bottles and the super-slow-mo action of Casio's EX-F1 camera to create this stunningly beautiful video."
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