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• Video: Paralyzed Patients Move a Robotic Arm With Their Own ThoughtsWith the BrainGate interface, a woman who is paralyzed from the neck down, moved a robotic arm toward a coffee cup, grasped it and was able to take a drink. It was the first time in 15 years that she was...
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• Earth's 10 Most Likely Hotspots to be Obliterated by an Asteroid -- NASA Tracks Potentially Hazardous ObjectsObservations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardousasteroids. The results reveal new...
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• Sure Facebook has 900 million users, but its engagement is smoked by these other sitesWhenever the question of which social network dominates the landscape is raised, it seems as if the same two or three major players are the only sites that ever earn a mention. If you’re judging social...
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• Women really do have a 'gaydar' - TelegraphWomen really have developed 'gaydar' which allows them to tell someone's sexuality 'in the blink of an eye', researchers say.
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• Americans Elect: an inevitable $35 million failure.The founders of Americans Elect had a dream: A 50-state presidential campaign that would upend, smash, destroy the two-party system. Today, these founders admitted that it wouldn’t work. No presidential...
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• Buyers Of Hyped Skechers 'Toning Shoes' Can Get Refunds : NPRSkechers has agreed to pay $40 million to settle claims that it deceived its customers by saying its Shape-ups shoes would be help people who wore them shed pounds and tone their abs, buttocks and legs,...
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• Largest-ever study of coffee and health finds that java drinkers live longer
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• The Craziest Secret Military Project of the USSR | English RussiaInteresting news from Russia in English language.
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• People Think of Vegetarians as Less ManlyMen avoid vegetarian options because of a strong association of meat with masculinity.
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• ‘Haunted’ L.A. hospital being converted into senior living homeWould you want your grandma living in an abandoned hospital so well known for its creepy atmosphere and alleged hauntings that it has been used in various Hollywood productions by folks like Rob Zombie...
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• Should you be worried about lightning striking your plane?French president François Hollande's flight was forced to land after being hit this week. But is there any real danger?
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• Obama budget defeated 99-0 in Senate - Washington TimesPresident Obama's budget suffered a second embarrassing defeat on Wednesday when senators voted 99-0 to reject it.
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• Macbook Came in for Repairs... (PIC)
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• Four Decades Later, Vietnam War Hero Spec. Leslie Sabo to Receive Medal of HonorForty-two years after his selfless act of heroism during the Vietnam war saved the lives of his fellow soldiers, Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor at a White...
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• Skydivers 'fly' in formation with gliders in daring stunt over Alps - TelegraphFive Redbull sky divers wearing specially-designed winged suits streak across the sky at 13,000 feet – just inches away from a pair of gliders.
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Google News

• Syria crisis - live updates - The GuardianThe GuardianSyria crisis - live updatesThe Guardian8.31am: (all times BST) Welcome to Middle East Live. Here's a roundup of the latest developments: • President Bashar al-Assad has promised to...
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• Prosecutors lay out Srebrenica case against Mladic - Fox NewsProsecutors lay out Srebrenica case against MladicFox NewsTHE HAGUE, Netherlands – Prosecutors on Thursday were outlining their evidence of the alleged involvement of former Bosnian Serb military...
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• Angela Merkel sacks environment minister - Indian ExpressGlobe and MailAngela Merkel sacks environment ministerIndian ExpressGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has sacked her environment minister Norbert Roettgen, three days after her party Christian...
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• Obama will use NATO summit in Chicago to raise money for Afghan army after ... - Washington PostAFPObama will use NATO summit in Chicago to raise money for Afghan army after ...Washington PostWASHINGTON — Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build...
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• Caretaker Greek cabinet to be sworn in - The Associated PressThe GuardianCaretaker Greek cabinet to be sworn inThe Associated PressATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is swearing in the caretaker cabinet that will lead the country into repeat elections next month,...
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• Taylor: Sympathy but no apologies - Philadelphia InquirerToronto StarTaylor: Sympathy but no apologiesPhiladelphia InquirerBy Toby Sterling AP Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, convicted of war crimes, at a sentencing hearing near the Hague....
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• Iran official warns West against pressure in nuclear talks, says Tehran seeks ... - Washington PostThe Daily StarIran official warns West against pressure in nuclear talks, says Tehran seeks ...Washington PostTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top negotiator says his country is seeking “cooperation”...
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• Two Pakistani air force planes crash on training mission; 4 pilots killed - Washington PostAFPTwo Pakistani air force planes crash on training mission; 4 pilots killedWashington PostPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say two Pakistani air force planes have crashed on a training mission in the...
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• Russia: Downed Jet was Backup Model - New York TimesNEWS.com.auRussia: Downed Jet was Backup ModelNew York TimesThe Russian passenger airliner that crashed during a demonstration flight in Indonesia last week, killing 45 people, was a backup the...
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• US spy agency unveils scale model of Bin Laden hideout - AFPAFPUS spy agency unveils scale model of Bin Laden hideoutAFPWASHINGTON — US intelligence officials have unveiled a once top secret scale model of Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan, a...
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• Lebanese City Drawn Into Syrian Conflict - New York Timesmsnbc.comLebanese City Drawn Into Syrian ConflictNew York TimesTRIPOLI, LEBANON — About a week before the start of the latest round of fighting between Sunni and Alawite militias in Lebanon's...
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• Egyptian cinema: the people's voice under threat - ABC OnlineABC OnlineEgyptian cinema: the people's voice under threatABC OnlineSince the inception of cinematography, Egyptian filmmakers have embraced the idea of shadows dancing across a white screen to...
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Yahoo Buzz

• 15 Most Stressful Jobs in the WorldEveryone has a bad day at work now and then. But if you have one of these 15 Most Stressful Jobs in the World, even one bad day can get you or someone else killed. From EMT to Coal Miner to Ice Road...
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Reddit

• TIL due to a strange law in America where importing toys resembling humans are taxed higher than those that do not; Marvel successfully argued in court that because their X- men action figures are mutants, they should be exempt from the tax. submitted by FullPetalAlchemist to todayilearned [link] [105 comments]
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• For all those against same-sex marriage... submitted by i_love_younicorns to pics [link] [704 comments]
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• My teacher's whiteboard art. Done in 30 minutes! submitted by thegnargantuan12 to pics [link] [76 comments]
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• A fair analogy. submitted by iambookus to atheism [link] [103 comments]
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• A simple 'no' wouldn't suffice? submitted by Czechowicz to gaming [link] [42 comments]
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• There is no way anyone else noticed this in Iron Man 2submitted by blueintegral to movies [link] [594 comments]
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• Indian Yo-Mama Joke submitted by shadowinnothing to AdviceAnimals [link] [367 comments]
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• No, hold your hand like thissubmitted by Xenoo to funny [link] [74 comments]
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• My buddy is working on Joe Walsh's 1973 Les Paul.submitted by moparornocar to Music [link] [65 comments]
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• I see your pickled Chinese baby and raise you Siriraj Medical Museum, Bangkok.submitted by SnuggleBunni69 to WTF [link] [360 comments]
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Wired

• Business Cards? Meh. Design Yourself a Flipbook and Video InsteadSelf-promotion is tough for anyone, but for designers it's an Olympic challenge. Everything they hand out, post, and send to potential clients has to visually represent their (inimitable) style and ...
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• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 17Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
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• Gadget Lab Show: Nook Simple Touch, Pebble Smartwatch, and the Big Jawbone JamboxOn this week's edition of the Gadget Lab Show, the gang takes a gander at the Nook Simple Touch e-reader and Pebble Smartwatch, the most successful Kickstarter project ever.
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• Storyboard Podcast: Wired Editor Shoshana Berger on the Maker EconomyConch shell flower pots, Radio Flyer wagons-turned-go-karts, bamboo bicycles. The Internet's made it easy to share individual projects. But the web's also given designers a sense of community, says...
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• The Technology Behind Virgin Atlantic's Mid-Flight Cellphone SystemVirgin Atlantic begins offering cellphone coverage on transatlantic flights. The pricey, and somewhat limited, service will use items found in space and in the homes of outlying carrier customers to help...
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• 5 Powerful Music Apps That Should Make Middlemen NervousIn the early days of Web 1.0 beta (i.e., the '90s), most of us who were paying attention thought music middlemen were on their way out. Things didn't really pan out that way, but we're sniffing a return...
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• Controlling a Robot With Your MindBrain implants, a robotic arm, thought control ? it sounds far out. But in Brown University?s BrainGate experiment, the combination worked. Scientists helped stroke survivor Cathy Hutchinson train her...
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• Introducing The Monitor, Wired's New Video Series About Pop CultureIn the inaugural episode of Wired's video show The Monitor, senior editor Peter Rubin talks about new movies (The Avengers, Dark Shadows), comics (Dial H) and videogames (Max Payne 3).
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• Fund Your Dream With the Perfect Kickstarter PitchProducing a quality Kickstarter project requires little more than computer access, a functioning camera, and some old-fashioned wit. Here are our tips on how to pull it all together to get funded.
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• Momofuku Puts Mold, Bacteria on the MenuThe Momofuku restaurants are famous for hip Asian cuisine. Their secret ingredients: mold and bacteria.
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• Oracle and Google Agree to Copyright Truce (For Now)Oracle and Google have struck a deal in their ongoing Java dispute which could speed the case along, but with one catch: Oracle has now essentially bet the farm on its claim that Google violated its...
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• Danger Awesome: How Two MIT Grads Launched a Badass Maker ShopYou've heard of startups fueled by ramen noodles. But what about tech companies whose daily bread is toast? Meet Danger Awesome, a laser-cutting design shop founded by MIT grad students Ali Mohammad and...
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• Poisoning the Dalai Lama. Or NotWas the plot to poison the Dalai Lama real? How successful are contact-poison assassinations likely to be? Find out on Elemental, the newest addition to the Wired Science Blogs network, where Pulitzer...
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• Apple's Patent Win Delays Shipments of Two HTC SmartphonesShipments of HTC's One X and Evo 4G LTE smartphones have been delayed by U.S. Customs enforcement as the result of a December Apple patent lawsuit win over the Taiwanese smartphone maker.
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• Nvidia, Citrix Bringing Graphics Power to the CloudThe graphics chip giant Nvidia has combined forces with Citrix to deliver graphics processing power from the cloud.
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Metafilter

• Beaucoup Boo KrugAt Burning Man 2011, select participants were invited to an elaborate champagne dinner party, with food prepared by New York City chef Phil Winser of The Fat Radish. But who hosted the party, what was the...
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• alt-ac censusWho are the alt-acs? They are people with graduate education (mostly in the humanities and library science) who have decided to pursue alternative academic careers. They choose to skip the "dues-paying...
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• Teach them well and let them lead the wayAccording to the U.S. census bureau, from July 2010 to July 2011, more than half of all babies born were members of minority groups, a first for the United States. "This is an important landmark," said...
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• TED: Yes to "Drying your Hands," No to "Income Inequality.""I can say with confidence that rich people don't create jobs, nor do businesses, large or small," said über-rich venture capitalist Nick Hanauer in a March 1st TEDx talk, which TED is refusing to put on...
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• Paralyzed Woman Controls Robotic Arm With Her MindFor the first time since she was paralyzed by a stroke 15 years ago, a woman in the BrainGate2 clinical trial served herself a drink of coffee ... with a brain-controlled robot arm (with heartwarming...
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• Today, Maman died.Rethinking "Mother died today": Translating a work requires a surprising amount of thought to avoid leading readers into contextual pitfalls, and The Stranger is no exception. "Within the novel's first...
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• Print is dead.From Adam Bertocci, author of Two Gentlemen of Lebowski (previously): Overthinking Ghostbusters.
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• The 1986 New York Mets"A great ballclub, a beautiful demonstration of what talent can do when assembled with planning and guided by intelligence." - Bill James, on the 1986 New York Mets Allen Barra, "The Dynasty That Never...
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• Smile for the camera!"Blow Job" is a series of portraits of people with gale-force winds blown directly into their faces. (SFW) The artist is Lithuanian photographer Tadao Cern. More images can be found on his Facebook page.
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• "It's about as far from the theme as you could possibly get."A Grade 11 student, with a summary of Sean Dixon's novel The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal due in two days, gets help from the author. It does not go particularly well.
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• "I suppose the first thing I should do is apologize for the billions of dead."A famously reclusive writer, John Swartzwelder is responsible for many of The Simpson's iconic episodes. He stopped writing for the show in '04 and began to self-publish a series of increasingly absurd...
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• Modernizing U.S. Nuclear Strategy, Force Structure and PostureThe nuclear-disarmament group Global Zero just released a report proposing a ten-year plan for the United States and Russia to reduce their arsenals below 900 warheads each, well below the New START...
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• "...it's a great way to meet people, and to have sex."Hitchhiking Director John Waters Picked Up In Ohio By Indie Rock Band
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• RIP Chuck BrownChuck Brown: DC Legend, Godfather of Go-Go and originator of some of the breakbeats that laid the foundation for hip-hop has passed away. Here's his live set at the 9:30 club from a few years ago. 2, 3,...
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• Not so pure MichiganNot So Pure Michigan (youtube), a play on Michigan's "Pure Michigan" tourism campaign. (For more on Michigan's troubles with its neighbors see Mitten-gate.)
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• Are those swans? | László Krasznahorkai: novelist‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life’—László Krasznahorkai. The acclaimed...
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Newsvine

• What 'President Romney' Would Mean for Womenitt Romney wants you to know that he and his party are "extraordinarily pro-woman" - "pro-opportunity for women, pro-moms, pro-working moms, pro-working women," as he put it on Fox News the other night....
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• Family cancels weekend search for Hollywood executiveStatement says there is no specific area of interest
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• Flesh-eating condition caused by common bacteria - CNN.comFlesh-eating bacteria are common in the environment, but they rarely infect humans.When they do cause an infection, they attack the body quickly, and doctors must act immediately to prevent their spread.
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• Daily Coffee Drinkers May Gain Longer Life, U.S. Study SuggestsCoffee, caffeinated or decaffeinated, may help extend the lives of people who drink it daily, a U.S. study found. Men who drank 2 to 3 cups a day had a 10 percent chance of outliving those who drank no...
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• Sensor links mind, thoughts to robot arm | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
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• Crews battle to contain raging Arizona wildfires
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• A Comparison of the Best Antivirus Software for your PC | Business 2 CommunityThe Internet—inasmuch as it was able to introduce a whole new world of conveniences for everyone who uses it, has also spurred the creation of hundreds of malicious online threats; one of them being...
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• iPhone: Apple to boost screen size in next version - CSMonitor.comiPhone production could begin as soon as August with a screen as much as 30 percent larger than the current iPhone 4S, according to reports of Apple's plans.  
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• Sony Alpha NEX-F3 Review - Watch CNET's Video ReviewThe good: The Sony Alpha NEX-F3 produces very nice low- to midrange sensitivity pictures, plus you can configure it for streamlined shooting, and delivers solid overall performance. The new...
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• Google Revamps Search, Creates Knowledge Graph - Search Engines - News & Reviews - eWeek.comGoogle on May 16 began rolling out the latest generation of its dominant search engine, introducing what officials are calling the Knowledge Graph. The Knowledge Graph is designed to offer users an...
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• Questions about Facebook founder Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg is the guiding force behind Facebook's meteoric rise from college dorm room project to global Internet powerhouse.
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• Source: Estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. hangs self
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• Facebook got 9% of all US Internet visits in April | ZDNet
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• If You Thought Michele Bachmann Was Out There..Quist's platform and ideology bears a close resemblance to another Minnesota conservative with a huge family and a love-hate relationship with modern science—Rep. Michele Bachmann. That's no...
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• Turning Down Heat May Save Much More Than Expected
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• The Palin Effect: Fischer Wins Nebraska PrimaryJust two weeks ago, the battle for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska was between state Attorney General Jim Bruning and state Treasurer Don Stenburg. Neither inspired the growing...
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NY Times

• Dish Network’s Auto Hop Cuts Ads and Causes Tremors at TV UpfrontsAs with past technological threats, network executives are closing ranks against a Dish Network device that undermines the broadcast business model.
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• G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on ObamaA group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire, Joe Ricketts, seeking to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era.
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• Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.Non-Hispanic white births are no longer a majority in the United States, a tipping point that has implications for politics, the economy and a nation’s identity.
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• U.S. Military Deaths in AfghanistanThe Department of Defense has identified 1,959 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.
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• Big Gathering for NATO Puts Chicago on High AlertThe first NATO summit meeting to be held in the United States outside of Washington will amount to a significant trial for Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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• National Briefing | South: Alabama: Changes Made to Immigration LawWith advocates for immigrant rights protesting outside, the Legislature voted Wednesday to make modest changes to the state’s immigration enforcement law, the nation’s most far-reaching.
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• National Briefing | West: California: Report Gives Details of Blogger’s DeathAndrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger, died of heart failure brought on in part by hardening of the arteries, a report released Wednesday by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said.
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• M.I.T. Chooses Its Provost for PresidentL. Rafael Reif will lead the institute beginning in July, replacing Susan Hockfield.
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• Edwards Defense Rests Without Family TestimonyThe defense in John Edwards’s federal corruption trial has rested without calling Mr. Edwards, his daughter or his mistress to the stand.
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• New Fight on a Speaker at a Catholic UniversityGeorgetown University, a Jesuit institution, is being rebuked by local bishops after inviting Kathleen Sebelius, the health secretary and a supporter of abortion rights, to speak at commencement.
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• G.O.P. Upset Puts Focus on Would-Be KingmakerSenator Jim DeMint’s mission to bring what he sees as a more pure strain of conservatism to the Senate does not sit well with all his colleagues.
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• Obama and Republicans Clash on Debt CeilingPresident Obama said he would not let a clash hold the economy hostage, and the House speaker vowed “serious” debt reduction.
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• Political Memo: Romney Camp Tries to Limit Reporters’ Access, and Rope Line Ruckus EruptsThe Romney campaign on Wednesday may have attempted to keep their candidate away from reporters on the rope line, where he has had a few slip-ups.
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Lifehacker

• Dropbox Shortcuts, Long URLs, and Unwanted Calls [From The Tips Box] Readers offer their best tips for "blocking" calls you don't want to receive, sending files straight to your favorite cloud service, and getting rid of...
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• The Los Angeles Home Screen [Featured Home Screen] Reader rustyhalos takes the text-based home screen to new heights with his "Love Letter to Los Angeles" home screen. More »
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• Remains of the Day: The Pirate Bay Down All Day, DDoS Attacks Blamed [For What It's Worth] Someone is mad at The Pirate Bay, Soluto lets you set up Dropbox for grandma without driving to her house, and Quicksilver for Mac announces an omnibus...
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• Gmail Adds Contacts to Its Search Bar, Makes Emailing, Calling, and IMing a Snap [Gmail] Gmail added a useful little feature to its search feature today, adding details for all your contacts to your search results for quick access....
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• Fix Out-of-Sync Audio in VLC with a Keyboard Shortcut [Shortcut Of The Day] There are few things more aggravating than trying to watch a video whose audio is about one second too slow. Here's a quick fix for the problem in VLC....
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• Daily App Deals: Get ProCapture for Android for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals [App Deals] The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on...
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• How to Combat the Most Common Symptoms of Being Overworked [Burnout] Business Insider put together a list of statistics about how Americans are ridiculously overworked, and it's kind of depressing. Identifying the problem...
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• Challenge: Where on Earth? [Search Research] Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can't get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search Research column, Russell...
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• Boost Your Creativity by Improving Your Working Memory [Mind Hacks] Your working memory capacity, or the amount of information you're able to actively hold in your mind at once, isn't just easy-access storage in your...
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• What Employers Look for in Entry-Level Job Candidates [Job Search] Millennial Branding and Experience Inc. surveyed 225 employers to find out what's most important to them when they hire students or others for entry-level...
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• What Do You Actually Want Out of Search? [Ask The Readers] Search just used to be search. Now it's full of lots of other stuff. Both Google and Microsoft have made serious attempts to integrate personalized...
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• Grant Your Desktop Superpowers with These Superhero (and Villain) Wallpapers [Wallpaper Wednesday] It's that time of the year again—superheroes are hitting the big screen to defend the world from evil. Show your support for the Avengers, Batman,...
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Boing Boing

• Canada's warrantless surveillance bill is, improbably, deadRemember Canada's Bill C-30, the sweeping surveillance bill proposed by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, who declared that if you opposed unlimited, unaccountable, secret warrantless snooping on...
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• Chuck Brown, godfather of Go-Go music, dies at 75Chuck Brown performing at the 20th St. Lucia Jazz Festival, May 8, 2011. REUTERS/Andrea De Silva. The artist widely credited with founding the Go-Go music genre died today. Chuck Brown was 75. Like many...
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• EFF Geek Reading, May 30 in San FranciscoJoanna from the Electronic Frontier Foundation writes: If you plan on being in or around San Francisco May 30, come join EFF for a Geek Reading with Barbara Simons. An expert on electronic voting, Simons...
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• Global subway systems converge on common topologiesA paywalled paper in the Royal Society's journal Interface argues that the world's underground rail systems are all converging on an "ideal" form. The paper, "A long-time limit for world subway networks,"...
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• Mute Watch: capacitive, accelerometer-aware "blank" watchWatchismo's latest watch is the Mute, a solid-cast red or grey timepiece whose featureless face lights up based on touch or movement. I love all the usability thinking that went into this -- feels like...
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• Robert Armstrong's painted Django GuitarMichael Simmons of Fretboard Journal says: Today is the 59th anniversary of Django Reinhardt's death. To honor him, I posted images of a guitar that I had Robert Armstrong paint for me years ago. The top...
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• Jazzy Communist hymnYour moment of Commie Zen for the day: a big-band lounge-style cover of "L'Internationale," the hymn of the Communist Second International. Assuming that's not to your taste, how about a trance remix...
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• Little Free Library can help put a library on your cornerI happened upon this mini-library in my neighborhood and am so impressed with the movement that Little Free Library has started that I am getting one together for our street. The concept is simple: put a...
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• Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to return their medals to protest war on terror at Chicago NATO summit this weekendIraq Veterans Against the War is bringing veterans to the NATO summit in Chicago on May 20 to ceremonially return the medals they were awarded for serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. The group's statement --...
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• Canadian MP: ripping a CD is like stealing a pair of shoesYesterday's Canadian Parliamentary session included a moment of dramatic idiocy, when the Tory Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dean Del Mastro climbed to his hind limbs to declare that wanting to...
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• Apps for Kids 022: Junk JackClick here to play episode. Apps for Kids is Boing Boing's podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. My co-host is my 9-year-old daughter, Jane Frauenfelder. In this week's episode we talk...
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• A photo of a photo of SoyuzNASA's Image of the Day is always awesome, but I particularly love this image from behind-the-scenes of the Pretty Space Photography Industrial Complex. The Soyuz rocket is seen in the monitor of a video...
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• Placebo: Now available in maximum strengthFor only 6 British Pounds, you can cure what ails you with Placebo maximum strength sugar pills. I'm a little sad that Etsy user spellingmistakes got to this idea before I could start marketing Placebex,...
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• More detail on what Kodak was doing with a neutron multiplierEarlier today, David told you about a news story that's everywhere right now: The fact that the Kodak company ran a small nuclear facility at its research lab in Rochester, New York. The facility closed...
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• Dog Vacay: Airbnb for dogsDog Vacay is like Airbnb for canines. This is brilliant because on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. (Thanks, Marina Gorbis!)
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• Woman controls robot arm with her mindIn this video, a woman known as Cathy, who is unable to speak or move any of her limbs or torso, controls a robot arm with her mind to take a sip of coffee. This fantastic breakthrough is reported in the...
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Slashdot

• World's Subways Share Common Mathematical Structure Hugh Pickens writes "No two subway systems have the same design. New York City's haphazard rail system differs markedly from the highly organized Moscow Metro, or the tangled spaghetti of Tokyo's subway...
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• UK Police Roll Out On-the-Spot Mobile Data Extraction System Qedward writes "The Metropolitan Police has rolled out a mobile device data extraction system to allow officers to extract data 'within minutes' from suspects' phones while they are in custody....
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• India's Proposal For Government Control of Internet To Be Discussed In Geneva First time accepted submitter cvenky writes "The Indian Government is proposing to create an intergovernmental body 'to develop internet policies, oversee all internet standards bodies and policy...
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• Ask Slashdot: Holding ISPs Accountable For Contracted DSL Bandwidth mcleland writes "I'm not getting the bandwidth I paid for from my DSL connection. My '3mbps' fluctuates between about 2.7 during the day down to 0.1 or 0.2 in the evening according to speedtest.net....
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• Superflares Found On Sun-Like Stars astroengine writes "Scientists have found superflares more than 1 million times more powerful than flares generated by the sun occurring on sun-like stars being studied by NASA's Kepler space telescope....
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• Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy itwbennett writes "Geek advocate Wil Wheaton has written a blog post on the (legal) usefulness of BitTorrent, saying that the speed of his recent download of Ubuntu 12.04 should serve as a reminder that...
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• Broadcast Industry Wades In On Dish Network's Hopper gollum123 writes "As with past technological threats, network executives are closing ranks against a Dish Network device that undermines the broadcast business model. The disruptive technology at hand is...
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• Canada's Internet Surveillance Bill: Not Dead After All First time accepted submitter Maow writes "Despite a recent story claiming that Canada's Bill C-30, covering internet surveillance, has died a 'lonely' death, the minister responsible claims otherwise....
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• FDA Panel Backs First Rapid, Take Home HIV Test TheGift73 writes in with news about an over-the-counter HIV test getting the backing of a panel of FDA experts. "American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in...
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• Verizon To Kill All Unlimited Data Plans afabbro writes "Verizon mentioned in an investor conference that it will be eliminating unlimited data plans, even for those it grandfathered in. From the article: 'Speaking at the J.P Morgan Technology...
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• Book Review: The Logic of Chance eldavojohn writes "The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution is a comprehensive snapshot of the latest research of biological evolution. The text is written by Eugene V. Koonin,...
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• Star City and the Baikonur Cosmodrome First time accepted submitter zyborg writes "Here's 44 photographs of the Baikonour Cosmodrome used by the ISS program. The pictures range from training, launch vehicle transport and assembly, launch,...
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• Facebook Adds 96 Million Shares, Will Privacy Get Worse After IPO? AlistairCharlton writes "Facebook has made yet another amendment to its S-1 filing, adding a further 96 million shares, pushing its initial public offering up to a potential maximum of $18.4bn...
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• Japanese Researchers Transmit 3Gbps Using Terahertz Frequencies MrSeb writes "Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new wireless transmission system that works above all currently regulated spectrum frequencies. The new system works at the...
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• LinuxMint13 RC Is Available For Testing donadony writes "LinuxMint13 RC is available for testing, this release comes with 2 versions in a separated dvd`s: Mate and Cinnamon. LinuxMint13 Cinnamon is very light and offers some customization,...
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Mixx

Now Public

• Karnataka SSLC exam 2012 result declared at karresults.nic.inThe Karnataka SSLC results have been declared on May 17, 2012 at its official website. The SSLC results were expected to be announced at 1:00 p.m. India time. The results can be checked at the below...
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• Federal judge: Terror law violates 1st Amendment!This judge was appointed by Obama!  But this democrat judge is not following the party line and is actually protecting our rights!  It does go to show that not all democrats are willing to...
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• SSLC Results 2012 Karnataka: Results at 1pm on May 17.SSLC Results 2012 Karnataka: Results at 1pm todayKarnataka Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exam results will be declared  at 1 pm on May 17.About 8.5 lakh students appeared for the...
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• Republicans scared in not wanting to be seen as too anti-gay"There is no need to talk about Billy wanting to marry a goat", are the words of the Missouri legislator, Dwight Scharnhorst (Republican). You might ask, what is this guy talking about? Well, to people...
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• Will Rhymes Injury Video-Collapse After Hit By Pitch, May 16 2012Will Rhymes Was Hit By a Pitch And Then Collapsed. Here is May 16, 2012 VideoA scary scene at the Tampa Rays-Boston Red Sox game Wednesday night. During the May 16, 2012 game at Tropicana Field, Rays...
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• Michael Caine Locked in Abandoned Theatre OvernightTrapped in the Closet IRL, Starring Michael Caine Michael Caine snuck upstairs to the dressing room of the State Palace Theatre in New Orleans during the Now You See Me shoot, only to wake up in pitch...
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• Mary Kennedy, RFK Jr's Estranged Wife, Dead at 52Mary Kennedy Passes Away at 52: 'Unattended Death'Mary Kennedy, estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has died at age 52. Mary Kennedy's body was found on May 16, 2012 in an outbuilding on the property...
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• Isabel Coixet pays tribute to the volunteers of the "Prestige"The Catalan filmmaker, Isabel Coixet, made a documentary that leaves aside all the problems occurred related to Panamanian-flagged tanker "Prestige" and focus on those who left everything to save a land...
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• Is Raven Symone Gay? Lesbian Rumor Spreads OnlineIs Raven Symone Gay? Some People Think So as Reports of a Lesbian Affair Makes the Rounds. Looking for a dubious celebrity gay rumor? Then today is your day. Gay rumors are swirling around actress Raven...
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• New Zealand Carpet Cleaner Masturbation Video: NSFW, NSFLCarpet Cleaner Caught Masturbating on Hidden Camera: This Is As Bad As You Expect It to BeTarget, a hidden-camera exposé show on New Zealand's TV3, was running an episode on carpet cleaning services,...
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• What Time is the Preakness Stakes 2012? Post Time, TV ScheduleWhat Time is the 2012 Preakness Stakes? Here is the Preakness Stakes 2012 Start TimeThe 2012 Preakness Stakes is set to take place this weekend at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. When...
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• Movie Review: BrakeRating: NR (Not Rated) Length: 92 minutes Release Date: March 23, 2012 Directed by: Gabe Torres Genre: Crime/Thriller Stars: 2 out of 5 At first glance, "Brake" and the 2010 Ryan Reynolds vehicle...
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• 'T-rays' smash wifi data recordResearchers in Japan have smashed the record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum. The data rate is 20 times higher than the best...
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• The Money ChasersStraight out of a Hollywood script you might say when a Deja vu episode unfolded. This time where 2 billion dollars vanished from the coffers of JP Morgan. It was only a few years ago that the entire...
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Mashable

• Pinterest Raising $120 Million to Fund International Expansion [REPORT] Pinterest is raising $120 million in a funding round expected to be announced Thursday or Friday morning, according to multiple sources. The inv…
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• Fab.com Shares What Facebook Friends Are Buying Ecommerce shop Fab.com is an industry game changer, deeply integrating social media into its unique way of selling tech gadgets, tailored dresse…
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• Create a Designer Room With New Site ‘Project Decor’ The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…
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• Couple Dead After Bad Cellphone Connection Foils Chance of Rescue [VIDEO]A couple whose car fell down an embankment in the Catskill Mountains tried to make rescue calls on their cellphone but shoddy reception prevented…
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• Is Total Gadget Immersion Good or Bad for Kids? [INFOGRAPHIC]Gadgets such as smartphones and tablets are becoming more and more embedded in kids’ lives. From middle schoolers with smartphones to babies who…
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• NFL Prospect Ignites Controversy With Concussion Tweet Former Ohio State linebacker Andrew Sweat has a real shot at the NFL, if he wants it. But Sweat won’t risk head trauma by living out the d…
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• In Facebook’s First Article, Zuckerberg Admits ‘Friendster Was a Model’ How many articles have been written about Facebook in its eight-year history? Impossible to tell — by the time you came up with an estima…
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• Wireless Rechargeable Retinal Implants Could Help Restore Sight [VIDEO]Researchers at Stanford University are designing a new device that could help people with degenerative eye diseases restore their vision —…
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• 11 Top Celebs to Follow on ViddyViddy, the social video editing and sharing app du jour, isn’t just racking up millions of ordinary users, but a whole host of celebrity partici…
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• Twitter: Here’s How to Hide Your Tweets from Google Want to keep your tweets among your tweeps and hidden from any old Google searcher? Twitter has some tips for you. The microblogging companyR…
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• Lawmakers Want High-Tech Foreigners to Stay in the U.S. Top American universities attract some of the planet’s brightest minds to pursue graduate and doctorate degrees in the U.S. But thousands…
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• Here’s How Bad Android’s Fragmentation Problem Is [GRAPHIC] When Google first launched Android, the open-source operating system came with the promise that it could power almost any device. That’s…
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• The Beginner’s Guide to Facebook Against all odds, you likely know someone who still hasn’t succumbed to the lure of Facebook. Maybe you’re a beginner yourself. Or perha…
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• 6 Educational Android Apps for AdultsThere are hundreds of Android apps to help kids learn shapes, numbers, letters, and colors. But what about adults that want to continue their educatio…
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• NBA Star Uses Twitter — And a Platypus — to Prank Sports Media Around the sports media scene, Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee has a certain reputation: Quirky, unique, a bit out there, something of a laug…
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Tech Crunch

• Quora Investor Peter Thiel: “The Samwers Are Never Going To Clone Quora,”There's been a lot of armchair valuation punditry across the Valley this week. As the Facebook IPO looms, our intricately entwined ecosystem of startups and investors seeks to benefit from the domino...
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• Disney Video Launches In Beta, Bringing Kid-Friendly Clips And Trailers To All Your DevicesThere's a new product that just came out of Disney Labs -- a video portal for clips, movie trailers, and even a collection of curated YouTube videos, all designed to be watched online or on any of your...
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• Positionly Raises $300,000 For Search Engine Ranking From Point Nine, OthersSearch engine ranking startup Positionly has secured $300,000 seed funding from Berlin-based led by seed VC Point Nine Capital and joined by Angels Mariusz Gralewski and Michal Skrzynski.
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• Palantir Technologies Nabs $56M In New Funding, SEC Filing ShowsPalantir Technologies, the big data analysis company founded in 2004 by a team of ex-PayPal employees including Peter Thiel, has raised $56 million in new funding, according to a document filed today with...
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• Sleepover Time! All-Night Hackathon Precedes Facebook IPO At HeadquartersCarrying on in the esteemed tradition of Facebook hackathons, there will be an all-nighter at the company's Menlo Park headquarters that culminates with CEO Mark Zuckerberg ringing in the NASDAQ bell...
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• How Personal Capital Wants To Bring Money Management Into The Internet Age [TCTV]Personal Capital, which launched last year, provides a suite of software aimed at helping people manage all their personal finances -- no matter where they are -- through one central suite of web and...
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• Why The Internet Doesn’t Make Us Care More About PoliticsAmerican politics used to be fun: frequent political carnivals in the 19th century would mix parties, parades, and political speeches in an endless stream of local civic life. As a result, America had an...
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• It’s Time For A Larger iPhoneThe Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Apple is currently ordering larger screens for the next iPhone. With the usual nonsense, the WSJ cited people familiar with the matter and stated these...
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• More Google+ In Gmail: Improved Circle Integration, Circle Search and Quick Access To Contact DetailsThe folks over at Google just love their Google+ social network and more and more Google+ features have been creeping into Gmail lately as well. Today, Google is bringing even more of Google+ to its email...
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• Bitly Kinda Says It’s Not Raising $20M, But Sorta Hints That It IsIs link shortener Bitly raising $20 million in new funding? The Verge says it is. In response to my email, a company spokesperson denied The Verge's story, but in vague enough terms that it could probably...
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• Viacom Gives Up Fight Against Time Warner Cable, Adds Channels to TWC iPad AppCustomers of Time Warner Cable have some reason to rejoice today, as the cable company has gotten the go-ahead to add channels like MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to its live streaming iPad app. The...
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The Register

• Dell to cut UK workforceBox shifter 'grows business' by trimming headcount Dell has threatened staff in the UK with redundancy, Channel Register can reveal.…
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• Child support IT fail: Deadbeat mums 'n' dads off the hookNAO: Child maintenance computers unable to keep tabs on payments Problems with IT systems at the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) have left it unable to report payment arrears properly,...
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• Hong Kong CERT wants bigger team to tackle cyber threatsRegion's multinationals a big target for hackers Hong Kong’s Computer Emergency Response Team (HKCERT) has called for more resources to help it step up attempts to proactively monitor and deal with...
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• Wild excitement over terahertz wireless demoIt’s not the messiah, just a very fast modulation Japanese researchers have demonstrated a 3 Gbps transmission on a 542 GHz carrier. It’s interesting, even exciting, in its own right: at the very...
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• Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system cameraDSLR worrier? Review Sony’s NEX-7 is its flagship Compact System Camera that’s been graced with advanced features to justify the high-end price tag for a pocketable interchangeable lens model. Indeed...
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• GPS rival Beidou will cover Asia Pac by end of the yearChinese satnav project could go global as early as 2014 China will expand its home grown GPS rival Beidou by launching three global positioning satellites that it hopes will make it possible to have the...
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• Asia leads global BYOD raceIT managers jump on the bandwagon Asian IT professionals are racing ahead of their global rivals when it comes to implementing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies in their organisations, according to...
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• AWS CISO needs permission to visit his data centresHe doesn't mind and you shouldn't either because they're not that interesting Amazon Web Services' General Manager and Chief Information Security Officer Stephen E. Schmidt is not allowed to make...
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• Vixie warns: DNS Changer ‘blackouts’ inevitableFather of BIND fears ISP crisis in July Ridding the world of the DNS Changer is proving a long, slow process that won’t be accomplished by July 9, when the court orders granted to the FBI expire and...
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• Roman roads get the web maps treatmentM-III traffic means Londinium to Venta (Winchester) takes 3.7 days Classical scholars at Stanford University have created a “Geospatial network model of the Roman world” which offers the chance to...
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• Gates' Corbis busted again for fraudInfoflows wins US$12m in damages, Gates still mad Corbis, the digital stock photo company founded by Bill Gates in 1989, remains embroiled in a protracted fraud case instigated by Seattle based...
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• Australia's first space park launchedWA set to track space stations Swedish style Australia’s only dedicated satellite park, SSC Space Australia, is now open for business and is currently in advanced negotiations with two international...
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• Pirate Bay struggling to get on feet after DDoS to the kneeAnonymous says 'not us, dude' The Pirate Bay claimed to be “getting back up! Stronger than ever!” this evening after crumpling under a DDoS attack for most of today.…
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• UK.gov's G-Cloud 2.0 pushes back launch datePublic sector IT bazaar turns to open source The launch of the second version of the UK government’s IT shopping catalogue G-Cloud has slipped to the end of spring.…
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• Nvidia shows off superjuiced Kepler GPUFrom workhouse to racehorse HPC blog There were quite a few surprises in today’s GTC12 keynote by NVIDIA CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang.…
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• Mobile fee dodgers will get away with enough cash to bail out GreeceUS code paranoia lets cash trickle through cracks Mobile customers are dodging fees running to hundreds of billions of dollars by a combination of accident and design – both facilitated by badly...
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Dzone

• Rotating Web Page Elements Using The CSS3 Rotate TransformWith CSS3, you can rotate Web page elements by a specified number of degrees, clockwise or anti-clockwise. With a small amount of HTML and JavaScript code in conjunction with CSS declarations, you can...
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• PARAMETERS IN MYSQL STORED PROCEDUREMySQL Stored procedure has three types of parameters which are IN, OUT and INOUT. All types of parameter can be used based on need.
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• When good back-ends go badThere has been a fair amount of research that tells us that 80-90% of the time spent loading web pages is spent on the “front-end” (browser pulling in external resources like css, javascript and...
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• An OSS Marketplace, Not a Private Cloud - Technical Slides for Secure Delivery CenterConsider Secure Delivery Center for your organization, if…You've had a project break because the right version number of a development tool wasn’t used. Or maybe a project fell apart because a...
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• Spring Data JPA 1.1.0 GA releasedSpring Data JPA 1.1.0 GA comes with CDI integration, new query keywords, declarative locking and a ton of bug fixes and improvements.
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• Designing with Black: Techniques on How to Create this ArtworkArt covers a diverse range of human activities and using black as an artwork often applies to visual art such as painting, fashion and photography. Here we share some techniques on how to create artworks...
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• Safari’s WebSocket implementation and Java: Problematic!Quick survival guide for Safari and WebSockets.
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• Giving.Code::Description("Doing good with programming and design")Programmers, designers, and sysadmins doing real good for humanity and the world in their spare time
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• Silicon Valley Is Stuck In An Uncanny Valley Of DensityAlmost every piece of open land in the San Francisco Bay area that can be developed has been. There are a great many multifamily dwellings, especially in San Jose, if not Palo Alto. All of the remaining...
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• Microchips, lollipops and echolocation: New ways to help the blind seeTwo men in the United Kingdom who had lost their vision after birth due to a genetic condition called retinitis pigmentosa, wherein light-sensitive cells in the eye stop working, just received the gift of...
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• What Does 'Real Time' in 'Real Time Big Data' Mean?Lately there has been lots of noise about "Real Time" Big Data. Lots of companies that associate themselves with this term are generally in analytical space and to them it really means "low-latency" for...
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• Women in the IT department: Why the shortage mattersMore women in the tech team could help rebuild the relationship between business and IT. Most CIOs want to hire more women for the IT department, but struggle to find qualified female applicants for...
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• Collection of interesting resources on C/C++ programmingI constantly study the Web regarding new articles on C/C++/C++11 programming. If I find them interesting, I post links to them in twitter @Code_Analysis, on Reddit /r/Viva64 and like them on StumbleUpon....
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• Beautiful Code: Simplicity Yields PowerIn Simple Made Easy argues Rich Hickey that mixing orthogonal concerns introduces unnecessary complexity and that we should keep them separate. This mixing sometimes occurs on such a basic level that we...
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• Functional Programming on JVMIn recent times, many programming languages that run on JVM have emerged. Many of these languages support the concept of writing code in a functional style. Programmers have started realizing the benefits...
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• Pykka – Apache-licensed Actors in PythonPykka aims to provide easy to use concurrency abstractions for Python by using the actor model.
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