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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:25:52 -0800

Re-Tweet Redesign Helps the Rich Get Richer on Twitter
Twitter is offering a new way to quote other people's tweets. The new "re-tweet" feature is both less useful and more...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:10:30 -0800

Target's Black Friday Ad Is Yet Another Black Friday Letdown [Black Friday]
Maybe it's good there are so few decent Black Friday sales going on since no one has money to spend anyway. Or maybe not....
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:06:14 -0800

Netbook Hackintosh 10.6.2 Fix Coming In "A Few Weeks," Fallen Netbooks Can Be Revived Now [Hackintosh]
When Apple killed Atom processor support in the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update, it was one of the first times they'd actively...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Carbon Fiber Ribbon of Light [Art]
I would have assumed this lamp was aluminum, had designer Marcus Tremonto not explained: "The complexity of curves and...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:32:53 -0800

Samsung Dumping Symbian [Cellphones]
So this is why Samsung announced bada. That new OS will replace Symbian starting in 2010, according to Samsung's senior VP,...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:20:00 -0800

Surfing the Road On an iPhone-Controlled Oldsmobile [IPhone]
Remember that smart German iPhone-controlled car that used cameras, GPS, and lasers to perfectly run through the streets of...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:50:00 -0800

Amazing 400ft Tall Spherical "Cloud" Structure Proposed for London Skyline [Architecture]
An international team of architects and designers has created this stunning center-piece for London's 2012 summer Olympics...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:30:00 -0800

The Six Million Dollar Man's Cyborg Surgery, Adjusted for Today's Dollar [Thiscyborglife]
Back in 1974, astronaut Steve Austin, gravely injured in a crash, was given a new arm, two new legs and one new eye in the...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0800

Useful Towel Knows How Many Pecks Are In A Bushel [Towels]
A towel is about the most massively useful thing you can have. This particular one though, does what no other towel could: It...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:20:00 -0800

The Nokia N900 Isn't A Phone, It's A Psychotic Shapeshifter [Nokia]
While we've been sitting, waiting, wishing for the Nokia N900, we missed something very important: It's not a phone. As this...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:01:00 -0800

Walmart Offers $100 Gift Card With Any BlackBerry Purchase on November 14th - 21st [Dealzmodo]
You'll be getting a shiny $100 gift card if you buy any BlackBerry device through Walmart during the week of November 14th....
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:50:00 -0800

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post (and Why) [Remainders]
Apple Stomps Over Nokia to Become Most Profitable Phone-Maker in US...Windows Mobile 7 Is on Track for an Early 2010 Release to...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0800

Die-Cast Replica of Akira Bike Will Bring Out The Mini-Rebel In You [Toys]
The year is 2019. You're in post-World War III Tokyo. There are some bad guys calling themselves The Clowns. You battle. You...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:06:51 -0800

Larry King's Suspender Watch: Blue and Boring [Suspender Watch]
Whatever moved Larry King to sport insanely bright yellow suspenders yesterday has passed. Tonight, he's back to his modest,...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:51:44 -0800

O'Reilly: We Should Win Hearts and Minds Because "We Can't Kill All the Muslims" [Logical Fallacy]
Tonight, in the midst of browbeating the media for missing the "all Muslims burn with hatred for America" angle of the Ft....
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:23:32 -0800

Adobe Joins Pre-Holiday Layoff Wave
Adobe will lay off 680 people, or nearly 10 percent of its workforce. The publishing software company joins Electronic Arts and...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:23:32 -0800

Adobe Joins Pre-Holiday Layoff Wave [Holidaze]
Adobe will lay off 680 people, or nearly 10 percent of its workforce. The publishing software company joins Electronic Arts and...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:46:22 -0800

Interns and Robots Stoke the Twitterati [Twitterati]
Joel Madden walked out on a radio interview; Alexis Ohanian enjoyed some robot bartending and Bucky Turco did something we'd...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:46:22 -0800

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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:39:24 -0800

Letter, Box [Pic Of The Day]
[A woman walks by a portion of the "Journey" exhibit, which opened today in Washington Square Park. Meant to raise awareness...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:39:24 -0800

Letter, Box [Pic Of The Day]
[A woman walks by a portion of the "Journey" exhibit, which opened today in Washington Square Park. Meant to raise awareness...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:30:38 -0800

Publicist for Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld — [Quote Of The Day]
explaining the job title of the 32-year-old son of French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld at an art show he "tailored" for...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:30:38 -0800

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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:29:05 -0800

The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment [Television]
In their quest to reshape television, NBC passed a critical milestone on the way to the primetime experiment's end this week...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:37:41 -0800

David Plouffe Is a Two-Faced Machiavelli Who Broke Our Hearts [How Things Work]
David Plouffe ran Barack Obama's campaign as a steady and extended fuck-you to the hyperventilating Drudge junkies at...
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