A California telemarketing firm has agreed to pay a $180,000 fine to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission that it made 46 million illegal calls. The original fine was $3 million all but $180,000 will be suspended based on the defendants’ inability to pay.
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Telemarketer fined $180,000 for making 46 million spam calls
BlogTV Signs Strategic Deal With ICQ
Live video streaming service BlogTV has signed a deal with the AOL owned ICQ that will see BlogTV promoted to ICQ users.
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Scientists Harsh Criticism as Bush Stifles Science
In email interviews this week with 21 researchers in various fields of study, LiveScience and SPACE.com found widespread criticism for Bush's "retardation of research," as one scientist put it, that threatens to knock the country out of its global leadership role in science and technology.
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Smile for Cancer 1 Click & Pic Will Donate $1 to Cancer Fund
http://url.amuso.com/smile $1 will be donated to cancer research for each smile so click the link & enter your picture. Show your support because we are all in this battle together. All proceeds donated to Brigham and Women's Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Please spread the word!
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30 Things to Do to Keep From Getting Bored at Work
Boredom driving you insane at work? Here's 30 ways to keep yourself entertained, sane and rock-n-rolling.
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Airline Safety: A Whistleblower's Tale
A new report spotlights how FAA inspectors must battle not only carriers but their own agency, too
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7 Simple Tips for Better Eating Habits
One of the most important things that needs your attention is what you eat and how you do it. Good eating habits are so necessary to be at your best and today we’ll look at 7 really simple techniques that you can use to improve your eating habits.
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10 Simple Ways to Make Laziness Work For You
Here are my suggestions for making laziness work for you.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Getting Things Done (when you really have to)
I've put together a list of ways to get things done when it's really critical that work for me. Try some of these out and hopefully you'll find a couple that work for you too.
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Geothermal Power in Alaska Offers New Renewable Energy Model
At Chena Hot Springs Resort, a visionary owner and an ingenious engineer tap into one of the world's most overlooked energy resources—not fossil fuels—to produce electricity, heat buildings and soon, they hope, generate hydrogen.
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GameStop/EB could stop selling 360s
As we well know, EB Games is owned by GameStop, the worlds largest international video game retailer. Should this mess continue on, it is entirely possible that the GameStop/EB chains will stop selling the 360 console all together and just sell the games and peripherals. If this does occur, the king of the current gen. . .
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Interactive Barcodes in Newspaper Ads: The Next Frontier for Google
Dan Frommer at Silicon Alley Insider alerts us to a new offering from Google: the ability to purchase ads within newspapers that contain a 2D bar code.
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Interactive Barcodes in Newspaper Ads: The Next Frontier for Google
Dan Frommer at Silicon Alley Insider alerts us to a new offering from Google: the ability to purchase ads within newspapers that contain a 2D bar code.
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Internet Data Predicts the Patriots will Win the Superbowl
Interesting approach to trying to predict the winner by looking at two teams' websites, traffic, inbound links -- and most interesting: del.icio.us.Not sure how accurate it will be, but fun.
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Digital mammogram best for younger women
Breast cancers in younger women can be detected much better with digital mammography since the breast tissues is much denser.
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Internet Data Predicts the Patriots will Win the Superbowl
Interesting approach to trying to predict the winner by looking at two teams' websites, traffic, inbound links -- and most interesting: del.icio.us.Not sure how accurate it will be, but fun.
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Women get bra price equality A Cup to F Cup Same Price
Forty years after feminists threatened to burn their bras, British women have won another battle in the fight for equality. Asda, Britain's second-biggest food retailer and owned by U.S. giant Wal-Mart, says it will no longer charge larger breasted women more.
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Women get bra price equality A Cup to F Cup Same Price
Forty years after feminists threatened to burn their bras, British women have won another battle in the fight for equality. Asda, Britain's second-biggest food retailer and owned by U.S. giant Wal-Mart, says it will no longer charge larger breasted women more.
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The Cloverfield Casebook
A new social trivia game - State/federal Detective finds tape, reports on it. Look at the Cloverfield film as a crime scene, with additional clues and links to trivia at the end, with speculation/reporting about part two of thefilm.
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11-year-old Boy Deaf for Nine Years is Suddenly Cured
An 11-year-old boy from Britain, who was deaf for nearly 10 years, was suddenly cured when a thick piece of cotton popped out of his ear, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
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del.icio.us Spy - Released!
You are probably familiar with Digg Spy, however until now there has been no del.icio.us Spy application. del.icio.us Spy allows you to find the lastest links added to del.icio.us in real time.
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BadgerCare Plus to Insure All Kids in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has proven to be a leader for insuring kids. Wisconsin's new program will provide health insurance for all children in the state, regardless of income.
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Playing 'Guitar Hero' Will Improve Your Real Guitar Skills
What kids are really accomplishing via “Guitar Hero” — largely without realizing it — is learning basic music theory. By showing them the link between what they do on the plastic SG and what they could do on an actual guitar, one might actually inspire an entire generation of potential musicians.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Spies in the the Phishing Underground
Both Nitesh and Billy are well-known security researchers that have recently managed to infiltrate the phishing underground. In this interview, they expose the tactics and tools that phishers use, illustrate what happens when your confidential information gets stolen, discuss how phishers communicate and even how they phish each other.
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Paradise lost or found? A review of Burnout Paradise
Burnout Paradise changes nearly everything about how Burnout is played, and after a shaky demo, it turns out to be a smart move. Our review inside.
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Dude's Head Turned Into A Birthday Cake
Rule of thumb... if your hair looks like a set of birthday candles and you pass out at a party, expect to be set on fire.
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Why the Solar-Powered Ipod Charger Disappoints
Testing of the Solio turns out to be very frustrating, with some serious restrictions the author was surprised to discover.
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"Good Boy, George..." [Cartoon]
"Good boy, George... Now go build me a missle defense system in Europe."
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“God Bless America” - Was it Partly Plagiarized?
Was the unofficial national anthem of the United States lifted from a couple different sources?
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eBay Acquires Fraud Sciences For $169 Million
eBay through Paypal has acquired fraud detection provider Fraud Sciences Ltd for $169 million. Israel and Palo Alto based Fraud Sciences offers automated anti-fraud systems including SpotLight VFX and SpotLight T2T, merchant solutions the provide transaction verification with fraud prevention.
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Rick and Bubba Show - The Video that went #1 in the World
Rick Burgess speaking at his 2 1/2 year old son's memorial service last week - An inspiring message of faith .... please share with others.William Bronner Burgess died in a tragic accident. (This link is to their home page that has link to all three videos On You Tube)
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Rick and Bubba Show - The Video that went #1 in the World
Rick Burgess speaking at his 2 1/2 year old son's memorial service last week - An inspiring message of faith .... please share with others.William Bronner Burgess died in a tragic accident. (This link is to their home page that has link to all three videos On You Tube)
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
The man who made childhood fun and a little crazy too
Last week, at age 82, Richard Knerr died. You probably don’t recognize his name. You probably can’t pronounce it. He wasn’t an actor or a war hero. He cured no diseases. Made no scientific breakthroughs. In fact, you could say Richard Knerr was about one thing and one thing only: fun. But if you measure a man by what the world would be...
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The Nirvana Nevermind Baby
Spencer Elden (see picture), the baby from the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind album, was recently photographed by Jason Lazarus for a project called the Nirvana Project in which people describe their first experience with the Seattle rock group. Where were you when you first heard them?
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uTorrent 1.7.7 Stable Fixes Security Issues
The uTorrent development team just released 1.7.7 stable. The new version is the latest 1.7 release, and fixes the vulnerability that allowed attackers to remotely crash the BitTorrent client.
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Top 20 Tips To Give Quality Speech
Public speaking can be very stressful. It takes a lot of preparation, discipline and practice to make an effective speech.Here are some tips which help you to give a quality speech.
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
7 Easy-to-Make Party for the Super Bowl Partying
Whether you're hosting, visiting or just watching the game at home with your family, these seven simple recipes will score you points.
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25 Days That Changed Everything
From a clone's debut to iPhone insanity, here are the most significant moments of the PC World era.
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Stumble The Candidates
“Stumble The Candidates” lets you to choose your favorite candidate for the 2008 USA Presidential Election Campaign and stumble him/her using StumbleUpon.com .This way you can show your support to your favorite candidate, cause the more stumbles a candidate gets,the more is the probability of his profile being shown to StumbleUpon users.
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Evergreen's Goth Keyboard for
We think it's dark and it looks like rain. The wind is blowing like it's the end of the world, you said. It's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead. And then you smiled for a second, and told us the $19 Evergreen Goth keyboard is available in Japan only. Sigh.
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Friday, January 25, 2008
12 Tips To Make The Front Page of the “NEW” Digg
The new Digg has spawned new methods to get your stories to the front page. Read this guide and you are sure to have a front page article on Digg in no time.
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10 mind-blowing toasters. Yes, toasters!
Tech mavens love toasters enough that the first screensaver ever made was full of them (flying, of course). And while we don't see a lot of crazy original concepts for new washing machines, refrigerators or air conditioners, designers are always coming up with excellent, amusing and innovative toasters.
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New Colon Cancer Test Might Spot Trouble Earlier
Colon cancer could be detected in its earliest stages in a simpler, more accurate and less invasive way than blood tests that exist already.
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What is Mary Pickford's Long Lost Secret?
Too many greats like Mary Pickford fall through the cracks of history, and we miss out on their insights and secrets to business success.“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” - Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979)
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What is Mary Pickford's Long Lost Secret?
Too many greats like Mary Pickford fall through the cracks of history, and we miss out on their insights and secrets to business success.“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” - Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979)
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What is Mary Pickford's Long Lost Secret?
Too many greats like Mary Pickford fall through the cracks of history, and we miss out on their insights and secrets to business success.“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” - Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979)
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Gates Argues A New Form Of Capitalism Can Save The World
Bill Gates in an interview with the Wall Street Journal today preceding his speech at the World Economic is arguing for a “new kind of capitalism.” Gates argues that “we have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.”
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What is Mary Pickford's Long Lost Secret?
Too many greats like Mary Pickford fall through the cracks of history, and we miss out on their insights and secrets to business success.“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” - Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979)
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Windows 7 build leaked?
The latest build of the next version of Windows, currently labouring under the awkward title of Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6.1.6519.1, seems to be available for select people to try out.
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16 Post-It Note Pranks, Sculptures and Murals
Here are 16 projects that involve covering, cladding, sculpting and decorating with simply sticky pieces of paper.
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Use Synesthesia for Power Creativity
It sounds either horribly confusing or wonderfully psychedelic. Synesthesia is the ability to hear in color, taste words or imagine numbers as shapes. Here are nine ways to use synesthesia to boost your creative thinking.
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Use Synesthesia for Power Creativity
It sounds either horribly confusing or wonderfully psychedelic. Synesthesia is the ability to hear in color, taste words or imagine numbers as shapes. Here are nine ways to use synesthesia to boost your creative thinking.
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20 Things Everyone Needs To Know
Ever felt you were slightly lacking in the life skills department? Let's face it, there's so much to master - and so little time in which to do it. But worry no more. Expert help is at hand. From building a fire to asking for a rise, this guide means you'll never be at a loss again.
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What can Mixx Learn From the DIgg Revolt
And the drama over at the Digg community continues... It seems a good majority of "Top Diggers" are very upset with Digg's latest algorithm which now requires a Digg vote of around 200 for a story to make the front pagecomes as a . ..
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Calculate your mercury consumption and see if you are safe
Microscopic organisms convert inorganic mercury into methyl-mercury, which accumulates up the food chain in fish, fish-eating animals, and people.This on-line tool takes the mystery out of which seafood is safe to eat and allows consumers to make informed choices about eating seafood.
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The Coldest Places on Earth
A few days ago, I woke to find my pipes frozen. The outdoor temperature was in the single digits, and the house temperature hovered in the 50s all day. The next day was warmer, but an ice storm soon followed. I made myself feel better by looking up the coldest places in the world.
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The Coldest Places on Earth
A few days ago, I woke to find my pipes frozen. The outdoor temperature was in the single digits, and the house temperature hovered in the 50s all day. The next day was warmer, but an ice storm soon followed. I made myself feel better by looking up the coldest places in the world.
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The Coldest Places on Earth
A few days ago, I woke to find my pipes frozen. The outdoor temperature was in the single digits, and the house temperature hovered in the 50s all day. The next day was warmer, but an ice storm soon followed. I made myself feel better by looking up the coldest places in the world.
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
FP with 19 Diggs ?
This screen shot was taken 1/24/08 13:45 EST. How did this happen? After all that is going on around here? The dude under him has 60 Diggs
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How to Design A Good API and Why it Matters
A complete how-to guide on creating Good API's, with examples and time saving tips.
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Facts About Poop
Submitted as an analogy of angry diggers who leave comments that should be put in the toilette. Nothing serious here!
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Teach Your Brain To Stretch Time
"MIKE HALL has taught himself to stretch time. He uses his powers to make him a better squash player. "It's hard to describe, but it's a feeling of stillness, like I'm not trapped in sequential time any more..."
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Teach Your Brain To Stretch Time
"MIKE HALL has taught himself to stretch time. He uses his powers to make him a better squash player. "It's hard to describe, but it's a feeling of stillness, like I'm not trapped in sequential time any more..."
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The 80th Academy Award Nominations!
The 80th Academy Award® nominations were announced on Today. "No Country For Old Men," a gory meditation on moral decline, and "There Will Be Blood," a gritty drama about a pioneering California oilman, led the nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards.
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Digg Changes Algorithm: No More Group Voting Up Stories
The Drill Down show tonight suggested that the changes would mean that new members without Digg friends would have a better chance of stories making the front page than established users, and that the changes would result in massive fraud attempts using fake accounts to try and manipulate the new diversity system.
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Diggers Shout Loud Enough... Kevin Rose Responds
Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose join diggers on the Drill Down to discuss the recent algorithm changes and other issues like auto bury, lack of emails, better communication, and banned users.
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Rose, Adelson Respond to Diggers’ Concerns on TDD
Kevin and Jay - Responded Live on The Drill Down!
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Man Who Carved 6000 Steps into Mountain for Love Dies
A 70-year-old Chinese man hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife passed away Wednesday morning in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years.
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Two Diggs One Cup
An analysis of Digg, the recent change in popularity requirements, and my reaction to it. How do you feel? How long will it take for this to get buried? Should be interesting....
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Rose, Adelson Respond to Diggers’ Concerns on TDD
Kevin and Jay - Responded Live on The Drill Down!
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Digg is a Game - Let's Play For Real This Time
If Digg is a game then we are ready to play for keeps. What happens if the most powerful users in the community decide to leave? Will others join? Is Digg anything without us? Let's prove it.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
According to a Poll Obama leads Clinton in South Carolina
Democrat Barack Obama holds a double-digit lead on rival Hillary Clinton three days before South Carolina's presidential primary, aided by a huge edge among black voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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"The Eye" TV Spots
The folks over at Lionsgate have provided Latino Review with 3 TV spots from the new horror film "The Eye" starring Jessica Alba, Parker Posey, Alessandro Nivola, Tamlyn Tomita, and Chloe Moretz. The film is due out on February 1st.
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10 of the most Amazing Sand Sculptures from around the World
As a kid you probably enjoyed making sandcastles on the beach but did you ever think sandcastles could be so big, so elaborate or intricate? Some take it seriously, very seriously.
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10 of the most Amazing Sand Sculptures from around the World
As a kid you probably enjoyed making sandcastles on the beach but did you ever think sandcastles could be so big, so elaborate or intricate? Some take it seriously, very seriously.
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IFPI Fails to Force ISPs to Become Anti-Piracy Enforcers
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has been lobbying politicians of the European Parliament to force ISP’s to identify, filter, block and remove copyright infringing content from the Internet. Now, according to an early report, it appears that all three anti-piracy measures have been defeated.
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Angel Investing Glossary
I love this A-to-Z Glossary, both for startups and angel investors.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
New photos from the set of "X-Files 2" [possible SPOILER]
Strange things may be afoot on the set of X-Files 2. Joblo.com got some exclusive pictures from a spy and looks like there may be [CENSORED] action in the sequel... follow the link for the pics and some possible spoilers!
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The Worlds Most Expensive Motor home
Amazing photos of the worlds most expensive motor home - Who wouldn't be tempted to travel in one of these?
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Yahoo plans to cut several hundred jobs
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is planning to announce cutbacks later this month that will likely lead to hundreds of job losses at the nearly 14,000 employee company, a source familiar with the plan said on Monday.
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10 Diets You Probably Want to Avoid
If you think the Cabbage Soup Diet, the Gummy Bear Diet and the Master Cleanse Diet were a little odd, check out what these people have been eating:
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Wanted: Queen Bee Seeks Harem of Male Dancers
Honeybee queens have sex with harems of males apparently to give birth to much better dancers, research now reveals. The better honeybees dance, the better they are at hustling for chow, scientists added.
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Pro-File Sharing video from European Green Party
The European Green Party -- which controls about ten percent of the continentwide vote -- has put together a PSA in support of file-sharing and new laws that legalize the activity. Called "I Wouldn't Steal," it's an answer to the terrible "You wouldn't steal a car" nagware ads that run at the beginning of your store-bought DVDs.
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2008 Presidential Candidates Plotted on Political Compass
See where your favorite hopeful falls across the political spectrum.category 2008 presidential election.
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Crossing Mayor Giuliani Often Had a Steep Price -- Prison!
Rudolph W. Giuliani's ruthlessness became a defining aspect of his mayoralty. As mayor he made vengeful payback an instrument of government destroying anyone who crossed him. James Schillaci called Mayor Giuliani radio program to register a complaint. He was promptly arrested while mayoral aids told press he was a pedophile. $900 K settlement ensue
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Monday, January 21, 2008
GPS Lets You Monitor Law Enforcement Officers' Speed
Now you can find out if he works for the St. Petersburg Police Department, the Clearwater Police Department or the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Last year, those agencies installed high-tech dispatch systems that record how fast an officer is driving, whether to a 911 call or on his way home in his take-home cruiser.
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16 Incredibly Unconventional Hotel Rooms [PICS]
Ever wonder what it would be like to live upside-down, sleep like a vampire or break out of prison? More and more hotels are breaking out of the tradition of cookie-cutter rooms and are moving toward unique one-of-a-kind artist-driven room designs. Here are sixteen such rooms that span the spectrum from clever and kitchy to sexy and surreal.
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The Origin of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is one of the most widely recognized characters in all of English literature. He isn’t just a person, he’s a cultural icon. His adventures are also some of our favorite reading. In his honor, we’ve done a little detective work and uncovered these facts.
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7 Futuristic Sky Cities to Change the Way We Live (PICS)
As the world’s population continues to boom, there is a corresponding increase in density in the world as an influx of people move to the cities in search of the promise of a better life. This leaves the world’s major cities with a conundrum: how do you accommodate more people in the same space? Here are some futuristic sky cities solutions
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Sexy Tongue Tattoo
This is an amazing piece of body art. Not so convinced a tongue tattoo is sexy but check it out for yourself.
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Sexy Stripper Grannies - Oldest is 74 [PICS]
Be WARNED: Don't eat before viewing. Who says you have to be young to be sexy? Move over Jordan and friends, the glamorous grannies are in town. Here's 3 game old birds who say they're still chicks at heart. Easing the lacy black garter down her thigh, Lena winks at the crowd. “Hi boys,” she purrs. Imagine your granny doing that?
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25 Amazing Masks from Venice
The Venice Carnival is the most internationally known festival celebrated in Venice, Italy, as well as being one of the oldest. This congregation of masked people, called Venice Carnival, began in the 15th century, but the tradition can be traced back to the beginning of the 14th Century.
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$1 Million Lottery Wins A Bank Robber
The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber in Massachusetts who won a $1 million lottery prize.
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
Top Ten Mardi Gras Cocktails - Recipes Included!
Mardi Gras is upon us. Be prepared to party hearty with these ten classic New Orleans cocktail recipes.
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7 Ways to Give Writer's Block a Severe Beating
Whether you write novels, business presentations or blog posts, you've experienced Writer's Block. Learn 7 easy ways to break through blocks and get back into your creative groove.
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Australians high on the Mile High Club: survey
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Two in three Australian travelers are either members of the notorious Mile High Club or would like to be a member, a survey showed on Monday. Asked if they would consider a mid-air sexual encounter, almost half of 1,110 people...
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Music Industry Gets An Injunction Against Rapidshare
In March 2007, a court ruled that Rapidshare could be held responsible for copyright violations committed by users who uploaded copyrighted material to their servers. Now, a body that administers many copyrights for the music industry has obtained an injunction against Rapidshare.com and Rapidshare.de.
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Researcher pinpoints Skype vulnerability
Security researchers have discovered a flaw within Skype that allows malicious code to execute when the software embeds video into chat. The flaw is present in current versions of Skype, and users are encouraged to avoid the video feature until the problem is resolved.
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50 Most Common Internet Lingo Terrms
All your favorite net lingo abbreviations and some you may have never heard of.
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Delicious Integrated Into Yahoo Search Results
Yahoo is testing the integration of Delicious user generated bookmarks into Yahoo search results pages (Yahoo acquired Delicious in late 2005). Some users will see the Delicious icon as part of their normal search results, which tells them how many people have bookmarked those pages, as well as the tags people have supplied for those pages.
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I Am A Host at The Olive Garden
For about a year, I worked as a host in an Olive Garden restaurant. During that time, I made the following strips. Each strip is completely true, except for people's names, which have been changed so that they don't get mad at me. This comic is not endorsed in any way by The Olive Garden. In fact, they don't even know it exists.
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Semantic Wave 2008: Industry Roadmap to Web 3.0
Project10X has just released a 400-pg study of semantic technologies & their market impact, entitled Semantic Wave 2008: Industry Roadmap to Web 3.0 and Multibillion Dollar Market Opportunities. The report discusses the emergence of semantic technologies for consumer & enterprise applications, & the evolution from Web 2.0 to the so-called "Web 3.0"
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7 Beautiful Monastaries Around the World
So surreal you will think you have already died and gone to heaven. These 7 monastaries truly are 7 religious wonders of the world.
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Ex-Football Star Herschel Walker: I Have Multiple Personalities
Former college and professional football star Herschel Walker says that he has multiple personality disorder in an upcoming book, according to the book's publisher.
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Brilliant Apple Leopard Ad on NYTimes Site
This new ad that takes up a good portion of the nytimes.com home page, is one of the best rich media banner ads in a while. [via nickpapageorgia.blogspot.com]
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The world’s most controversial boardgames
How different would Christmas day be if, after dinner, your dad gathered the family around the table and opened a game like ‘war on terror’ or ’serial killer: the board game’?Amazingly, this may have happened for some as all of the board games below have been / are still available to buy.
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Want to be Happier? Here's How...
Is lasting happiness attainable or a pipe dream? Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology at Univ. of California - Riverside, says that it's quite possible, and she shows you how to do it...without medication.
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Estranged husband is freed, then kills wife
Despite her pleading, no protection order was even issued over the holidays. Less than two weeks later, Thomas-Harris, 37, was dead, shot in a motel room by her husband in a murder-suicide.
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Microsoft 'spyware' to jack into your brain waves
Microsoft patents technology that lets your employer wirelessly determine when you're aroused
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Digg Has Super Users Or Hates Ron Paul
Either Digg has super users who can single handedly bury stories on Digg, or they’re censoring Ron Paul posts. There have been rumors and suggestions that certain users at Digg have “special powers” in the past, so what I saw could simply be one of those users who can alone bury stories submitted to Digg, at any stage of the voting process.
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Everything I Know About Money I Read on Walls [PICS]
There are some things that you just know, there are other things that you need to study, and some stuff you learn just by reading the writing on the wall...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Marvel Heroes As Seen By Bohemian Artists [100+ PICS]
Gorgeous depictions of Marvel superheroes as visualized by Bohemian artists.
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Chinese Navy Confronted USS Kitty Hawk -Tense 28 Hr Standoff
A Chinese attack submarine and destroyer confronted the U.S. carrier Kitty Hawk and its battle group in the Taiwan Strait, sparking a tense 28-hour standoff that brought both sides to a battle-ready position.
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VIDEO: Playing with the MacBook Air
We’ve got fresh video from the show floor of Apple’s new sexy laptop. This thing is just as incredible as you can imagine. Check out the video to see how insanely thin they’ve made this computer.
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Attack on Nigerian Oil May Be Imminent (Not By US)
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, a militant group that has made good on threats in the past, has vowed to launch a major attack on Nigeria's oil infrastructure.
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The Fisherman's Wife - a fable about greed
A fable about greed everyone can learn from.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The Most Clever Beer Advertisements
As if I needed any help in the matter, these brilliant beer marketing campaigns just make me want to sit back, relax and put my feet up...way up...above my head while I do a handstand atop the keg and have the nozzle shoved into my mouth
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Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster
Chronicles the struggles and triumphs of Gulf Coast residents since the destruction more than two years ago. Through stories and images, the site explores what is preventing residents from recovering from the disaster and returning home. If you want to know the hardships of the Gulf Coast - this is GOOD content.
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Brad Renfro Dies at 25
Brad Renfro, child actor and teenage sex symbol, has died, sources say. Renfro was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Full story inside.
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25 Amazing Animal Pictures
Classic collection of 25 candid pictures of animals doing the darndest things.
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Chris Farley Tries To Pick Up Girls At The Mall
A rare clip from a Tom Arnold comedy special. Chris Farley proves he was just as good at unscripted prank humor as he was at sketch and movie comedy. We miss you, big guy.
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25 Amazing Animal Pictures
Classic collection of 25 candid pictures of animals doing the darndest things.
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25 Amazing Animal Pictures
Classic collection of 25 candid pictures of animals doing the darndest things.
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Monday, January 14, 2008
3 Basic Steps to Get Your Desire with the Least Effort
Many people invest a lot of time to get what they want. More often than not, they make many mistakes along the way that deters them from their end goal. These are three steps that simplify the process of working towards accomplishing your goals.
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FACEBOOK IS Buying Plaxo
I’ve just heard from a source that Facebook is “one hundred percent” buying Plaxo. This follows up on at least one previous rumor saying the same thing. While there are reasons to be skeptical, here’s why it could make sense.
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Will Microsoft Buy Limelight, or Build Their Own CDN?
Like Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged, rumors about Microsoft buying so-and-so just won't die. The latest rumor to keep floating across our desk is that Microsoft is buying second place content delivery network (CDN) Limelight Networks outright.
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Monday Inspiration: Data Visualization and Infographics
This article presents some spectacular data visualizations and infographics which manage to combine a strong visual appeal with the effective presentation of information.
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50 Tools and Resources to Help You Start a Webcomic
Creating your own comic strip is now easier than ever, thanks to online resources like Web hosting systems, webcomic communities and support networks and collections of design tools and tutorials. To help you get started, we’ve organized 50 of the best resources on the Web.
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Guys Can Get Yeast Infections Too
Ahh, the yeast infection. That horrible, unspoken disease that our significant others sometimes come down with. The name of the infection is itself terrifying, conjuring up images of a vagina filled with rancid bread baking under a great heat. Well, imagine my surprise when I headed to the doctor and found out that I had a yeast infection myself.
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Turn a Camera Lens into a Close-Up Lens with Binoculars
Do-it-yourselfer Chris Knight explains that the innards of cheap binoculars can double as a macro lens for digital SLR cameras and camcorders and can prove especially useful in situations when a macro lens is unavailable.
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Sunday, January 13, 2008
The 2007 Darwin Award Winners Announced
Enjoy the stories of the winners... and be glad you're not one!
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Funny Google Map Destinations - From Luv to Hate and More!
From Luv to Hate, Heaven to Hell, Beginning to End, Start to Finish and more lol - Google Maps has it all.
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Can Parallels Become the One Virtualization to Rule Them All
Parallels is a global leader in virtualization and automation software. Its software is used by more than 700,000 customers in 125 countries and provides products for operating system virtualization, desktop virtualization and server control panels for Internet hosting solutions. Now, the company hopes to extend its virtualization market...
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People Aged 1 to 100 Banging a Drum (in Order)
People in Order's Age is part of a series of short films that assembles the people of Britain in a given order. In just 3 minutes, we meet 100 different people who are arranged according to their age, starting from age 1.
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One Laptop Per Child Project Extends to American Students
OLPC America plans to combat digital divide by distributing low-cost laptops to needy students in the U.S.
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Fans Draw the Cloverfield Monster! (MAJOR SPOILERS!)
Of course, we have seen a few fake images of the monster, but those have been debunked. So while the images that you are about to see are not the actual monster from the movie, they are drawings by fans who have seen the film. The first image is said to be the closest to the real monster
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
OLPC CTO founds own company, aims at $75 laptop
Former OLPC CTO Mary Lou Jepsen has founded a new company to commercialize the innovative multimode display technology she developed for the OLPC XO laptop... and to build a $75 laptop.
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First Look: Speed Racer's Rival Race Car Revealed
Rocket Punch has discovered that the Mach 5 in the Wachowski brothers' Speed Racer will be racing an actual racing team from Japan called "Autobacs Racing Team Aguri". In the film, they'll be driving this futuristic machine that was unveled at the Tokyo Auto Salon this week.
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Friday, January 11, 2008
How a Mohammad statue ended up at the U.S. Supreme Court
The statue in question is, in fact, right in our very own Supreme Court building. Let’s start at the beginning.
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Obama courts Hillary's neighborhood
A confident Sen. Barack Obama jumped into Hillary country
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Digg is hiring LAMP programmers
Just thought everyone should know we're still hiring here at Digg. So if you'd like to create the next generation of Digg features please submit your resume.
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237 Reasons Why We Have Sex
Scholars in antiquity began counting the ways that humans have sex, but they weren’t so diligent in cataloging the reasons humans wanted to get into all those positions. Darwin and his successors offered a few explanations of mating strategies but they neglected to produce a Kama Sutra of sexual motivations.
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Why HD is already yesterday's news
In a CES crammed to the rafters with all manner of HDTVs, it was always going to take something a bit special to stand out from the pack.
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Political debate irony captured by AP photographer
A campaign bus with the image of Republican presidential hopeful former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. drives past a sand sculpture depicting fellow Republican presidential hopefuls
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No Subprime 'Cocaine' for new Bank of America Mortgage Co.
Bank of America is buying the beleaguered mortgage giant, Countrywide. CEO, Ken Lewis said, the combined company won't make subprime loans and is restricting its purchases of large packages of loans from other lenders. He said he "didn't like the 'cocaine' of large bulk purchases [of mortgage loans]."
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NBA Players, Please Don't Fear YouTube
"YouTube is the Wild West. And with the NBA not setting any Best Practices when it comes to personal websites, blogs and user generated videos players are at high risk to do or say something stupid." But this sports blogger thinks the NBA should embrace YouTube.
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Inhofes 400 Global Warming Deniers Debunked
Like any conspiracy theory, the sheer magnitude of the effort lends it a first-blush air of credibility. And, like any conspiracy theory, it just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
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Forget Evolution & Creation Aliens 'created humans at Uluru'
ANCIENT astronauts landed at Uluru and proceeded to create humankind, according to UFO enthusiasts in America.
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Beta-testing a novel using Amazon's Kindle
A novelist turns to Amazon's Kindle e-book reader to "beta test" his new novel. Is this the future of fiction?
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An Open Letter to All Digg Account Holders [Please Read!]
I'm resubmitting this letter (with a few changes) because it hit the front page and was buried almost instantly by people who most likely didn't read it and definitely didn't get the point if they did. Btw- this is an image because I don't have a blog. I just took a screenshot and up'd to a free host.
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Beta-testing a novel using Amazon's Kindle
A novelist turns to Amazon's Kindle e-book reader to "beta test" his new novel. Is this the future of fiction?
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4 Child Prodigies and their Unreal Accomplishments
Of course, there are many interesting child and teen prodigies worth mentioning in a list like this, but these four were either on my mind lately or, alternatively, brought to my attention only recently.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Internet for Your Car, Your iPod -- in the Middle of Nowhere
If you've ever wanted to shop online and stream music from your car or be connected to the Internet on a cross-country road trip, companies like Intel, Sprint and Motorola believe your wildest Web fantasies may be about to come true.
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Monitoring tools help reduce need to build new power plants
The results of the research project by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the Energy Department, released Wednesday, suggest that if households have digital tools to set temperature and price preferences, the peak loads on utility grids could be trimmed by up to 15 percent a year.
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18 Stunning Bridges From Around The World
From the awe-inspiring to the historic, from the elegant to the quirky. Check out these amazing feats of engineering.
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Drug 'can reverse Alzheimer's symptoms in minutes'
The drug, called Enbrel, is injected into the spine where it blocks a chemical responsible for damaging the brain and other organs. A pilot study found one patient had his symptoms reversed "in minutes".
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The 5 Best Pop Culture Games You've Never Played
What you need: A DVR recorder (or a really good memory), a friend with a decent Oprah impression.
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New York City Uses 1 Billion Plastic Bags A Year
New York is by far the largest American city to enact a measure to limit the environmental impact of bags. Each year the country uses 86 billion bags, which end up blowing down city streets, or tangled in the stomachs of whales and sea turtles, or buried in landfills where, environmental organizations say, they persist for a 1000 years.
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Monitoring tools help reduce need to build new power plants
The results of the research project by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the Energy Department, released Wednesday, suggest that if households have digital tools to set temperature and price preferences, the peak loads on utility grids could be trimmed by up to 15 percent a year.
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5 taxpayer traps for 2008
In her annual report to Congress, the nation's taxpayer advocate lays out the problems you may face when filing this year.
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Photo Gallery of Vintage Baseball Cards
An eclectic collection of classic vintage baseball cards (circa 1910) during the good old days before any steroids, money squabbles, or egos.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Huge Collection of Bizarre and Weird Mailboxes (PICS)
I have always been impressed by the ability of a craftsman to take a boring mailbox and make it into a thing of interest, adventure or beauty. We all see them every day but some are really neat. Here's a huge collection of bizarre mailboxes. Some of them are extremely creative!
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Huge Collection of Bizarre and Weird Mailboxes (PICS)
I have always been impressed by the ability of a craftsman to take a boring mailbox and make it into a thing of interest, adventure or beauty. We all see them every day but some are really neat. Here's a huge collection of bizarre mailboxes. Some of them are extremely creative!
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Swedes to use body heat to warm offices
Swedish firm plans to harness the body heat generated by thousands of commuters at Stockholm's main railway station and use it for heating a nearby office building. Not though spontaneous combustion though - just in case you were wondering.
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7 Tech Headaches—and How to Fix Them
There are times when innovation produces aggravation, and when that happens, technology can flat out drive us nuts. Here are seven hardware headaches that you've probably dealt with before.
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HOWTO: Mind Control Customer Service Reps
It boils down to, without raising your voice, asserting control over the conversation from the beginning and then never relinquishing that power. By the time you read the true success story at the end, you'll swear the author has Jedi mind-control over customer service reps...
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Download from BitTorrent and Usenet with Your Web Server
With TorrentFlux B4RT you can easily transform any webserver into a powerful, all-in-one filesharing portal. You can either pimp an old and unused desktop PC, or install it on a remote server.
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Has evidence that the shroud of Turin is a fake been hidden?
During the Middle Ages all manner of things were sold as authentic. Vials of Jesus' tears...vials of Jesus' mother's milk - it's just incredible. There were two or three churches that had the corpse of Mary Magdalene.
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WeGame Launches as Youtube for Gamers
Jared Kim, a nineteen-year-old Berkeley dropout, has taken a similar obsession of video games and turned it into something his parents can certainly be proud of: a new website called WeGame that provides both the place and the tools for gamers to share screencasts of their favorite in-game moments.
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7 Best Tech Gadgets of 2007
Com Pu Plus's best tech gadgets of 07, Wii tops the charts.
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Web Hosting Names that Make You Go "Huh?"
There are a lot of web hosting companies out there with unusual, strange, or just plain weird names (and URLs). We have collected some of the strangest ones in this post.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Is Digg/Reddit Traffic Useless? 45 Days Later...
Is Digg Traffic useless from a webmaster's perspective?
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15 of The Greenest Buildings in The World
If we really are serious about protecting the environment and ultimately ourselves then we must build green in the future, and ideally retrofit current structures with greener functionality. Here is a mixture of 15 current, in-construction and planned green architectural treasures from around the world.
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Monday, January 7, 2008
LSU Wins BCS National Championship Game! 38-24
LSU Wins National Championship against Ohio St. Univ - First team To Win BCS National Champ games!
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LSU Wins BCS National Championship Game! 38-24
LSU Wins National Championship against Ohio St. Univ - First team To Win BCS National Champ games!
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How to Find Hidden Malware on Your Computer
How to set up multiple layers of defense to protect against today's increasingly sophisticated variety of attacks and intruders.
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Yahoo Is Clearly Up To Something Big Around Music
"...expect something new and interesting from Yahoo Music in the near future."
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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Revision3 Announces Record 2007!
Cool Stuff, including: Exponential increase in viewership...Delivered 11 million shows and 46 million clips in 4th quarter, 440% increase over last year...Over 25 million shows and 103 million clips delivered in 2007...Sponsors such as Ask.com, Sony, Virgin America, Warner Brothers, GoDaddy, Hewlett-Packager, Microsoft, Netflix, Intel and SanDisk..
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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Walmart Is Still Selling Recalled Lead-Tainted Bibs
Walmart is still selling lead-tainted Baby Connection bibs that were recalled last May.
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites Even Atheists Can Admire
From India to Ethiopia, Mexico to Saudi Arabia, and beyond, you don't even need to believe in God or care about religion to admire these gorgeous pilgrimage sites.
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Microsoft loosens database licensing for Web Server 2008
A report from CRN points at a new and less restrictive licensing policy for Windows Web Server 2008. We'll see how determined Microsoft is to win market share back from open-source software.
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OpenMoko FreeRunner: a win for phone freedom
OpenMoko has announced FreeRunner, the successor of the company's Linux-based Neo1973 open-source smartphone. With GTK and other GNOME technologies, OpenMoko's software platform provides rich options for rapid mobile development.
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Cheerleaders of the BCS Football Championship Teams
To commemorate an exciting rollercoaster year in college football COED gives you The Cheerleaders of the BCS Football Championship Teams. Now you will finally see the real reason why University of Hawaii, USC, Oklahoma University and the others made it to the championship games.
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South Korea's first satellite: lost in space
The country's Aerospace Research Institute is reporting that they've lost contact with its first multipurpose satellite, the Arirang 1.
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Blonde Map of Europe
Interesting map of Europe, colorized by the percentage of blondes of the nation (darkest areas mean 1 - 19% percent of people are blonde). Conclusion: like blonde girls? Go North.
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20 Ways for You to Change the World
Here are twenty things that you can do to change people’s lives, yourself, and the world.
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Four Laws of Simplicity, and How to Apply Them to Life
The problem with many books and guides on simplifying your clutter, your work life, your desk, your life, is that they are usually too darn complicated. So we’ve boiled it down to a simple method of Four Laws of Simplicity that you can use on any area of your life, and in fact on your life as a whole
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And you thought you had mastered Firefox?
Wonderful tips! I had no idea about most of them.
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How Origami Lead Astronomy and Heart Surgery Breakthroughs
Physicist Dr. Robert Lang took up origami as a hobby. Who knew his hobby would lead to breakthroughs in astronomy, heart surgery, and consumer safety? You’ll be surprised at all the ways intricate paper-folding can be applied to modern technology.
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Open source: mob mentality or innovation engine?
Virtual reality guru Jaron Lanier says that the community-driven development model behind open source software stifles innovation. We don't agree.
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7 (More!) Abandoned Wonders of America [w/PICS]
Imagine entire islands and vast building complexes eerily abandoned virtually in your own back yard. Complexes of more than 150 buildings and even entire small islands are located near or in the heart of major cities such as Houston and Washington DC - from insane asylums to military bases, hotels to theme parks and seminaries to giant silos.
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Recession Predicted. Hooray!!
In today's newspapers two inch headlines claim there is a 50/50 chance of a recession in 2008. You have a choice. That can actually be good news. If you want it to be.
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MiRoamer Internet Radio Portal (Exclusive Screenshots)
Wireless connectivity is shaping up to be one of the major themes at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. We expect to see more Wi-Fi capable devices on the show floor next week, and 2008 will most likely being WiMAX-capable devices that can receive internet radio in more locations.
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Inside the Supenova Machine
The newfangled big-bang machines in Europe and the United States may grab more of the headlines, based on what may or may not be found in the future - but in the meantime, Canada's 33-year-old supernova machine is working virtually 24/7 on its own assortment of cosmic mysteries.
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Saturday, January 5, 2008
5 Things You Didn't Know About Seinfeld
Think you’ve got your Seinfeld trivia down? Here are 5 facts even the most crazed connoisseurs might not have known.
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Facebook Voter Registration App Asks for SSN w/o SSL
Encouraging young people to vote is a great idea, but asking for social security numbers with no encryption or security whatsoever is downright retardulous.
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Is This The Cloverfield Monster?
Get ready for it, folks. The closer and closer we get to the release of Cloverfield, the super-secret monster movie from J.J. Abrams produced monster flick. Today we get another piece of concept art that could be pretty reputable. It appears to be close to the small tidbits of the monster that we have seen from the recent trailers, but who knows.
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U.S. Album Sales Fell 9.5% in 2007
Album sales in the United States plunged 9.5 percent last year from 2006, as the recording industry had another weak year despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks, according to figures released Thursday.
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Whoa? Three Spocks in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek
Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy has confirmed a story-point for the story of the upcoming JJ Abrams prequel/reboot. The actor revealed to CBS 2 in Los Angeles that the film actually features not one, not two, but THREE Spocks.
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Crappy Christmas Gift? Trade it for $5,000
In an interesting way of prolonging the online holiday traffic, ShopIt is holding the Crappiest Holiday Gift Contest. They will in fact buy back that crappy gift you got, for a cool $5,000.
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5 steps and the car of your dreams is in your driveway!
Are you buying your first car? This five-step car buying guide will help you go through all the shenanigan of buying a car.
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Friday, January 4, 2008
Smoking Volcano [PIC]
Wow. Not sure where this was, but it's intense to look at. Too bad we can't figure a way to use all that energy.
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7 Surreal Street Art Installation Projects [w/PICS]
“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change,” exclaimed Alice. While his work may seem as amazing and fantastical as something straight out of Alice’s Wonderland, Brad Downey’s creative street artwork does have a rhyme and reason beneath the madness.
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Bury Recorder 0.2 Beta Just Released
This tells of the new features in the Digg Bury Recorder and the use of the Google Chart API.
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What's the secret to sexual compatibility?
Debate over how to play your cards when searching for a love match.
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Top 10 Comedians Gone Serious (Ha Ha, No Really)
In compiling a list of the top 10 successful comedians gone serious, we looked for candidates who’ve managed to firmly establish themselves as dramatic actors while also remaining true to their comedic roots.
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10 Most Innovative and Green Buildings
Vikki Miller looks at 10 of the most innovative and sustainable buildings around the country
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52 Tips, Tricks, and Tools to Help Consumers Fight Back
Here are 52 great sites, services and secrets to help shoppers, road warriors, home owners and all types of consumers. There are tips on how to complain effectively, protect your privacy, talk to a real person, get free stuff and fight back when the system is unfair!
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The 5 Coolest Hacks of 2007
Hackers are creative folk, for sure. But some researchers are more imaginative and crafty than others. We're talking the kind of guys who aren't content with finding the next bug in Windows or a Cisco router. Instead, they go after the everyday things we take for granted even more than our PCs We've selected five of the coolest hacks..
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Behind the Mascot:8 Great Stories About Strange Named Teams
Your favorite sports team or alma mater’s mascot is probably some sort of big cat or bird of prey, and that’s fine. However, there are quite a few more esoteric mascot choices out there, like a color of a certain disposition or a set of punctuation marks, all of which can still cause fans to well up with pride.
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8 simple rules for big-ticket tech purchases
To help you get a handle on your consumer electronic spending for 2008, follow the link for a few tips to consider before you make that purchase.
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The Six Weirdest Kid Show Appearances
Over the years there have been some strange celebrity cameos on kids shows. People that have no business showing up in children's programming and that kids would probably never recognize anyway. Here's 6 of the best.
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The Ten Best Cinematic Fights of ‘07!
When looking back on a year in cinema there is only one question I have to ask: How much ass was kicked? I didn’t want to limit myself or the list to just A versus B fights involving people on people. I opened it up to the grand spectacle that is war. So sweeping battle scenes count as fights, not just fisticuffs between rivals.
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First Blu-ray BD Profile 1.1 Review
Every new phase of technology has its first few tentative steps. Not only is Blu-ray in its earliest stage, but that stage seems to be subdivided into a few mini-stages. This week, we decided to take a pre-CES look at Blu-ray 1.1.
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31 of the Best Careers for 2008
The careers listed at left offer strong outlooks and high job satisfaction. Each career is profiled in two parts: an executive summary and a portrait of a typical day in the life.
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
5 Great Acquisition Targets for 2008
A list of 5 companies that should be acquired in 2008, and includes Yahoo acquiring AOL.
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5 Great Acquisition Targets for 2008
A list of 5 companies that should be acquired in 2008, and includes Yahoo acquiring AOL.
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5 Great Acquisition Targets for 2008
A list of 5 companies that should be acquired in 2008, and includes Yahoo acquiring AOL.
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The Overpoweringly Grand & Stunningly Gorgeous M74 Galaxy
That's about 100,000,000,000 stars. Spiral galaxy M74 is in the constellation Pisces, 32 million light-years away from our home planet -- Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Kumari Fulbright, Pinup Girl Law Student, Indicted in Kidnap
"According to court filings, Fulbright and the three other men pointed pistols at the unidentified kidnapping victim, threatened his life and took his wallet, cell phone, briefcase and hundreds of dollars in cash.... '[Fulbright] specifically bit him several times while he was bound, stuck a butcher knife in his ear. . . .'"
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Penalty for Burning Down Eden’s Forests: 11 Cents
Madagascar's unique wildlife, which was only discovered by humans 2,000 years ago, has prompted many to refer to the island as an Eden-like remnant of the natural world as it was before human contact. And yet, the fine for burning down forest in this Eden is a mere 11 cents,
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Flexible E-Paper Revealed At CES 2008
14.3", 16.7m colors, 300 micrometers thick.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the very beautiful Saturn Nebula!
NGC 7009 in the constellation Aquarius.
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Digg Bury Recorder Version Beta 0.2 Released
Digg Bury Recorder version Beta 0.2 has just been released. This new version fixes bugs that caused missed buries and now captures all buries from all Digg stories (no more leaving it running all night). It also adds a graphing feature (using the Google Chart API).
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A Rose by any other name is BANNED
In a recent discussion with several Diggers, great and small, we discussed some of the issues facing Digg today. The one that stood out as clearly a top priority is the rash of bannings without notice or explanation that have removed some valuable friends from our ranks.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008
N2N Commerce Dumped By Victoria's Secret, Found in Deadpool
Calls to multiple people at N2N Commerce earlier today, including CEO Ruben Pinchanski, went unanswered. But a spokesperson for Limited Brands confirms that the startup is ceasing operations and that Victoria’s Secret will not be using its technology.
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Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks
When it comes to the Google search box, you already know the tricks: like searching for exact phrases in quotes like "so say we all" or searching a single site using site:lifehacker.com gmail. But there are many more oblique, clever, and lesser-known search recipes and operators that work from that unassuming little text box.
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Apple may offer external optical drive with new sub-notebook
Mac maker Apple Inc., which later this month will unveil its first sub-notebook design in over a decade, is likely to offer an external optical drive as an optional accessory, according to a new report.
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How Google Keeps Employees by Treating Them Like Kids
"Give them free food, do their laundry, let them sit on bouncy brightly-colored balls. Do everything so that they never have to grow up and learn how to live life on their own." And when you look at it that way, everything Google does makes a sick sort of sense.
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Google Artificially Promotes Recent Web Pages
The problem is that you can't rank a page that has just been created because it has no backlinks so Google artificially inflates the rankings of the recently-created pages based on historical data and the few backlinks that are detected.
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Super Saimon Delux
Super Saimon is a classic brain game that will stretch your sonic recollection abilities to their limits and beyond!Most people have trouble remembering more than 7 items at a time, but after playing Super Saimon you will notice an increase in memory span, and possibly awaken the dormant parts of your brain!
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50 Things Men Wish Women Knew
#8: No question need ever be asked through a closed bathroom door if I'm inside. I love you less with each syllable you utter.
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Witness the Birth of a Butterfly (Pics)
A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colorful winged adult form. Most species are day-flying so they regularly attract attention.
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