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Monday, July 4, 2011

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The Truths About Cat and Dog... Owners

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If there's one certainty in this world, it's that most "dog people" are not "cat people" and visa versa. Sure, some people own both, but they are the "animal people" of the world that simply do not count in this exercise.

Facebook Connect causes identity crisis for Hulu users

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When streaming video site Hulu announced it was adding a new, first-of-its-kind feature (one that will become a staple going forward), it was not talking about giving its users the ability to access random strangers' accounts instead of their own.

Joey Chestnut chows down 5th hot dog contest win

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Joey Chestnut scarfed down 62 hot dogs to win his fifth consecutive Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Coney Island — the equivalent of about 20,000 calories in 10 minutes.

Horrible Bosses

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There's a cathartic little movie hitting theaters this week. It's called "Horrible Bosses," and in it, three abused workers plot to kill each other's bosses. Here's a list of some other fictional hollywood bad bosses that could have easily made the movie.

Cool Light Pollution, Bro [PIC]

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Independence Day Google Doodle Wishes You a Happy Fourth

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Google is celebrating the fourth of July — Independence Day in the U.S. — with a bright red, white and blue Google doodle on its homepage Monday. This particular doodle lacks the interactive panache of recent Google doodles, but it is all things Americana — baseball, the Golden Gate, fireworks, the Statue of Liberty and so forth. Google revealed its logo-for-the-day via Twitter. "From sea to shining sea, a very happy Fourth to everyone. Click on our homepage doodle for lots more July 4," the Google Twitter account tweeted, along with a photo of the doodle posted via Twitter's new native photo-sharing product.

Why Is the Former President Doing More to Create Jobs Than the Current One?

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Bill Clinton has made a comeback lately. He's been in Chicago the last few days, introducing the Clinton Global Initiative jobs summit and rolling out a series of partnerships with businesses that would create thousands of jobs.

Mystery woman drives by a burning building; gets out of car; runs into building and rescues child and then disappears.

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An unidentified woman risked her life to enter a blazing building and rescue a two-year-old boy

Did Americans Always Love Hot Dogs? Not Really

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"I devoured hot-dogs in Baltimore 'way back in 1886, and they were then very far from newfangled….They contained precisely the same rubber, indigestible pseudo-sausages that millions of Americans now eat, and they leaked the same flabby, puerile mustard.

NASA: What's Next For NASA?

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The end of the space shuttle program does not mean the end of NASA, or even of NASA sending humans into space. NASA has a robust program of exploration, technology development and scientific research that will last for years to come. Here is what's next for NASA...

New Al-Qaeda manual tells terrorists to pretend to be gay

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Islamic extremists should pretend to be gay if a woman approaches them in case she is a 'honeytrap' spy sent by security services. "If a beautiful woman comes towards you, the first thing you do is pray. Then you run like hell. If she pursues you then you must yell over your shoulder 'Get away you damned floozy I am a homosexual being'. The Guide also suggests that they wear lots of pink and lavender in an effort to walk around freely, undetected whilst 'on their missions'.

UFC Wants $320K From Gym Which Played Fights Without Permission

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In its continuing battle to squeeze every last dollar from its PPV events, the UFC has filed a lawsuit against a gym which unlawfully screened one of their events.

Fox News reports Twitter hack to Secret Service

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The news site's feed falsely reported that President Barack Obama had been assassinated, and Fox News now wants answers from Twitter how. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Deep Tech.

The Dark Side Of Choice in America

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A paper in the June, 2011 issue of Psychological Science by Krishna Savani, Nicole Stephens and Hazel Markus suggests that Americans' affinity for choice comes with a social cost.

Smile! It's an upside down rainbow... but there isn't a pot of gold at the end of this one

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Freak weather conditions created this reverse rainbow in Leicestershire where it was pictured by antique dealer William Freeman.

The Changing Face of IT Infrastructure

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The cloud is rightly described as another abstraction on top of an already abstracted, virtualized data environment. And yet those abstractions are resulting in significant consequences to the real IT world that are only beginning to be understood.

Animal Planet to Run Gulf Oil Spill Special

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Our friends at animal planet just announced a 2-hour Gulf Oil Spill special, Black Tide: Voices from the Gulf, set to air Thursday, July 28 at 9 PM est. The look back on the catastrophic last year explores the aftermath of the 200 million gallon oil spill and highlights the regions attempts at regrowth.

The Way We Eat

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"Where should we grab some food?" Perhaps no other question has motivated more consumer technology entrepreneurs. Well, I say that only half-jokingly.

Airbus 2050: Transparent Planes, Biometric Boarding Passes, Holograms

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Unveiling a concept plane at the Paris airshow, Airbus puts forward a fantastical vision of future air travel.

Sony Ranks as Asia's Top Brand

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Sony has been ranked top in a survey of Asia's most valuable brands.

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