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Thursday, March 24, 2011

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Five Ambience Features or General Categories Yelp Should Provide Instead of "Hipster"

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Yelp has added "Hipster" to its possible categories for a location's ambiance, and the first reaction that came to mind is "redundant." Here are five suggestions that would actually be helpful.

Why T-Mobile customers win, in proposed merger with AT&T

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While AT&T customers can clearly see the benefits of a merger with T-Mobile, customers of the company being acquired are having a difficult time seeing what's in it for them. The questions are plentiful and, unfortunately, many of them are still unanswered at this point.

Laziest Slackers in Movies: 8 Characters Who Are Happiest Doing Nothing

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Dude! These 8 characters are lazy bums ... and we love 'em for it.

How It Works: The Light-Driven Computer

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New integrated circuits use photons to build fast and extremely power-efficient supercomputers

Duke Nukem Forever Delayed (are you even surprised?)

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This isn't a joke, although we wish it were.

Stuxnet: 5 Things Men Should Know

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This shadowy virus attacked nuclear facilities in Iran - and nobody knows who's behind it. Could your computer be next?

The MP3: A History Of Innovation And Betrayal

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The father of the MP3 talks about the race to invent the format and how it sped out of control.

Gmail, Hotmail Pose Government Security Risk

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Australian auditor recommends blocking Webmail on government networks to prevent insider and external threats.

Best Buy Plans To Get Small as Sales Fall

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Weak demand for pricey flat-screen TVs and notebook computers helped push Best Buy Co.'s fourth-quarter net income down 16 percent.

Medical pot ranks as blockbuster drug

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Sales of medical marijuana are estimated at $1.7 billion annually in the 15 states with laws that permit it, according to the first definitive study of the market. That is on par with sales of Viagra.

If My Childhood 'Participation' Trophies Had Been Less Sensitive... [PICS]

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Childhood trophies that tell the (brutal) 'Truth'. You know how kids get trophies these days making them seem like stars...just because they "participated"? These aren't those trophies....

US PS3 hacker denies fleeing justice

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Sony accuses an American hacker it is suing in a California court of fleeing the country to avoid ongoing legal action.

Baidu working on a light mobile OS

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As part of its quest to become Google of China, Baidu is looking to develop their own operating system for mobile devices similar to Chrome OS...

DOJ: New Orleans police unfairly targeting LGBT people

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A recently released report by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) found a pattern of systemic problems within the New Orleans Police Department, including use of lethal force, racial profiling and discriminatory policing.

Is Color’s Team Worth $41M, Even if Its Idea Isn’t?

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The launch of a new mobile app called Color on Wednesday has caused a lot of buzz — not so much because of the app itself, but because of the massive sum of money the company raised before it even launched: a group of funds including Sequoia Capital gave the company $41 million, and Sequoia's chunk (as Color proudly noted) is more than the fund invested in Google.

Evil 'Church' to Protest Elizabeth Taylor's Funeral

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Those horrible, intolerant, heartless gay-haters at the Westboro Baptist Church are preparing to spread their evil message at Elizabeth Taylor 's funeral…

Activists Launch Strong Fight Against Indian Corrupt Politicians

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Corruption and India have recently become synonymous. To make it worst, there is no provision in the law to bring the corrupt in power under fair trial. Politicians have dodged any bill trying to address this (since 1968). However now, following Egypt, Tunisia etc .... activists in India are slowly grouping online & offline, forcing the government to bring a bill which is intended to take down the corrupt politicians.

For Muslim politicians, running for office is the American way

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Rola Othman sits at her dining room table littered with papers, poring over school board minutes.

Apple 50% Sales Growth May Continue Through 2012 on Mobile Boom

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Apple Inc. can keep posting sales growth of more than 50 percent in the next two years as a mobile applications boom fuels demand for devices such as the iPad, said the chief executive officer of Forrester Research Inc.

Irish Woman Carrying Her Father’s Child Claims They’re in Love

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"We are not committing incest, but are victims of GSA. We've never experienced a father-daughter relationship, so we're just like any other strangers who meet in adulthood."

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