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Either Fox News Had Their Twitter Account Hacked, Or Bill O’Reilly Is Gay (Updated: Britney Spears Too)
(unknown author) via TechCrunch on Mon, 05 Jan. 2009
Shared by db hahahaha! My guess is this has nothing to do with the phishing attacks that started on Twitter a couple of days ago. But a few minutes ago the official Fox readmore
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Obama named Time's Person of the Year
Jim Romenesko via Romenesko on Wed, 17 Dec. 2008
Time.comThe magazine's POY runners-up are Henry Paulson, Nicolas Sarkozy, Sarah Palin and Chinese director Zhang Yimou. readmore
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Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution [Retromodo]
Elaine Chow via Gizmodo on Wed, 17 Dec. 2008
Sometimes, we so take for granted our shiny devices that we forget they could very well kill us. Need pictures to illustrate that macabre thought? Here are 30, brought to you by 1930s Vienna. readmore
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Samurai Underpants Sheaths Your Katana in Awesome [Underpants For Justice]
Elaine Chow via Gizmodo on Wed, 17 Dec. 2008
Who doesn't dream of wandering the fields of ancient Japan, wielding a katana for truth and justice? Though the samurai age is long over, you can still ennoble your privates with awesome samurai underpants. Samurai-themed underwear have become something o readmore
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Convert a Gmail Message into a Google Document [Gmail Labs]
Gina Trapani via Lifehacker on Wed, 17 Dec. 2008
Gmail Labs adds yet another new feature to the roster: the ability to turn a message into a Google Document in one click. Enable this feature in the Labs area of your Gmail account's Settings. Once it's turned on, click the "Create a document" readmore
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AP staffers stage byline strike to protest contract proposals
Jim Romenesko via Romenesko on Tue, 16 Dec. 2008
AFP The News Media Guild says AP reporters and photographers are withholding bylines and personal equipment "in protest over the news agency's proposals that would threaten job security, dramatically raise medical costs, and freeze wages." The Guild, which represents 1,400 AP employees, has been bargaining with management since October 21 on a new contract to replace the one that expire readmore
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Missed Step
Merrill Perlman via CJR on Mon, 15 Dec. 2008
Everyone has language pet peeves: those little things people say that aren’t quite right, and that we can’t help but correct. For reader Mark Freeman, it’s the phrase “step foot in,” as in “I wouldn’t step foot in (or into) his messy apartment.” He says: “This is a misuse for ‘set foot in.’ ‘Set’ is transitive, ‘step’ not, which is... readmore
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iFlashReady
justinjas via AppStoreFeed on Mon, 15 Dec. 2008
$1.99Brighten your iPhone photos instantly with iFlashReady!By adding a software-based flash to the iPhone camera, iFlashReady helps you overcome the iPhone's lack of a build-in camera flash. Without a flash, the iPhone camera often takes under-exposed and lo readmore
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ViBook USB Adapter Runs Many Screens Via USB [Adapters]
Jason Chen via Gizmodo on Fri, 12 Dec. 2008
The maker of the ViDock Gfx ExpressCard adapter solution has just come out with another adapter to connect up to six displays vi readmore
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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER: DANCE!
justinjas via AppStoreFeed on Fri, 12 Dec. 2008
$4.99Saturday Night Fever: Dance! brings the groovy funk and challenge of disco dance competition to the iPhone! Put on that polyester suit, get on the floor, and shake your groove thang. GAME FEATURES: -Advanced Touch Interface - Tap and slide to the beat as y readmore
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TwitterGadget Adds Twitter to Gmail [Gmail]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 11 Dec. 2008
The Gmail Twitter Gadget lets you tweet your heart out from directly inside Gmail, complete with saucy emoticons. Thanks Wyn! readmore
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10 iPhone apps I think you'll love
Jimmy Greenfield via iPhone, Therefore I blog on Thu, 11 Dec. 2008
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 -- 12:08 p.m. -- on my couch Tell you what ... I don't think I've ever wanted or needed an iTunes gift card more than I do these days. There are more than 10,000 apps in the App Store and I'm just loving what I'm seeing. Speaking of things I love, I really love sharing my finds with you. Granted, you might not like every single thing readmore
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Opinion: Is online-only inevitable?
Rosemary D'Amour via editorsweblog on Thu, 11 Dec. 2008
Are there any newspapers willing to move completely online, foregoing the current struggle for a print edition?  This is the question journalist Gary Andrews asks, analyzed by Media Guardian's Roy Greenslade.   Local papers, feeling the squeeze in recent months, could find a way to save readmore
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Take Family Portraits That Break the Rules. Because You Answer to No One.
kelly via Photojojo on Thu, 11 Dec. 2008
Photojojo Store goodie readmore
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Giz Explains: Everything You Need to Know About Hard Drives [Giz Explains]
matt buchanan via Gizmodo on Wed, 10 Dec. 2008
Some say that the end of the trusty hard drive is near, killed by SSD. But let's not be so quick to give up on a technology that stores a whole terabyte for $100. It'll be years before solid-state flash-memory disks (in this case usually referred to readmore
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The 12 Days of Christmas
(unknown author) via InteractiveNarratives.org on Wed, 10 Dec. 2008
We give a local spin to the classic holiday carol "The 12 Days of Christmas". Gifted individuals make our part of the world a merrier place. readmore
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Eyetracking research shows how younger readers view news websites
(unknown author) via OJR on Wed, 10 Dec. 2008
By Nora Paul and Laura Ruel: In January 2008 a group of interactive producers from news websites gathered at the University of Minnesota for the first Eyetracking Research Consortium, part of the Digital Story Effects Lab project run by Nora Paul and Laura Ruel. Following is the first in a series of articles about findings from the studies conducted for the Consortium members. readmore
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Browse the PopSci and PopMech Archives On Google Books' New Magazine Search [The Good Ol' Days]
John Mahoney via Gizmodo on Tue, 09 Dec. 2008
Google has added the complete archives of several magazines, including Popular Science (est. 1872) and Popular Mechanics readmore
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As Iraq Fatalities Declined, So Did News Coverage of the War
Al Tompkins via Al's Morning Meeting on Tue, 09 Dec. 2008
As the economy, bailouts and the transition to a new administration gain attention, it is more difficult to find stories about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on front pages. You may have missed, then, that November saw the fewest U.S. combat casualties in Iraq of any month since the Iraq War began. Is peace no longer news? readmore
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How to Stop the Weight Gain Over the Holiday Season.
Liz via Healthbolt on Tue, 09 Dec. 2008
When it comes to holidays, many of our usual routines get mislaid as we rush around, shopping, partying, visiting, traveling, and generally try to fit way too much in way too little time. One of the first things to go, besides the exercise, is healthy eating habits. We overindulge in all our favorite, but not necessarily, healthy foods. As a result, we have lots of fun and good ti readmore
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