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Thursday, April 7, 2011

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Atari's Greatest Hits Offers Classic Titles on IOS

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Atari's Greatest Hits is free and comes with your own complimentary copy of Pong. In addition, you can download 92 titles for the Atari 2600 and 18 classic Atari arcade games (some of the games, like Missile Command, are available in both arcade and console flavors).

A Gymnast throws out the ceremonial first pitch in a baseball match (vid)

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Korean Rhythmic gymnast star Son Yeon Jae throws out the ceremonial first pitch in a baseball match between LG Twins and SK Wyverns at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, Korea. Bronson Arroyo would have been proud.

Alec Baldwin Says NBC's '30 Rock' Is Ending Next Year

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So long, 30 Rock?

Motorola Xoom sales disappoint with only 100,000 units sold thus far

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Launched on February 24, the Xoom entered the marketplace with a lot of hype and advertising muscle behind it. But marketing will only take you so far. A new report from Deutsche Bank claims that Motorola has only sold 100,000 Xoom tablets thus far.

Will Facebook Ever Be an E-Commerce Powerhouse?

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A big part of what Facebook sees as its future — and a big justification for the $75-billion market value the company is theoretically being given — is the idea that the giant social network will become an e-commerce powerhouse, producing billions in revenue from retailers and major brands.

10 Richest College Dropouts on Earth

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A college education is often touted as being a prerequisite to a good life and a high income. Unsurprisingly, college prospectuses promote the success of their alumni as a reason why you should choose to complete a degree at their particular campus.

Is Nuclear Power Simply Too 'Brittle'?

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An argument that nuclear power, as it now exists, lacks the resiliency required on a complex, crowding planet.

Andy Serkis to Direct Second Unit on The Hobbit

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Though he'd been acting before, Andy Serkis made a name for himself with the motion capture performance in the Lord of the Rings films.

Liberal vs. conservative: Who has better brain?

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Are political leanings hard-wired into the brain? That's the suggestion of a new study that reveals striking anatomical differences between the brains of liberals and those of conservatives.

New drugs from mutant bugs

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Scientists from the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol have discovered how marine bacteria join together two antibiotics they make independently to produce a potent chemical that can kill drug-resistant strains of the MRSA superbug.

Newly Released FBI Files Support Conspiracy Theories in 'Biggie & Tupac' Documentary (2002)

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Back in 2002, documentarian Nick Broomfield released the documentary Biggie & Tupac, theorizing that Death Row Records exec Suge Knight and members of the LAPD may have been involved in the still-unsolved 1997 murder. This week, the FBI released eight years' worth of heavily redacted files on the case, including confirmation of some of Broomfield's theories.

The 8 Sexiest Men on TV Cooking Shows

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Producers of food TV don't just care if a guy can cook ― most stars of cooking shows these days have to be hot enough to make viewers' plasmas sweat. Behold, dudes with the power to sear our tenderloins with little more than a long, slow look into the camera.

This Cotton Repels Water and Sun

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Specially coated fibers has a UV protection factor of 101.51, double the highest possible rating. Washing loads of clothes and getting a sunburn have never been particularly enjoyable experiences. However, scientists have developed a coating for cotton fibers that could not only lighten your laundry load, but protect your skin from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.

Gartner: Android to Dominate Smartphone Market by 2015

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10 New Smartphones for Business Research firm Gartner predicts that worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 58 percent increase from 2010

Cosmic Burst in Distant Galaxy Puzzles NASA

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NASA is studying a surprising cosmic burst at the center of distant galaxy that has burned for more than a week, longer than astronomers have ever seen before, the US space agency said Thursday.

Gold Treasure, Roman Coins Revealed in U.K. - PICTURES

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A newfound hoard of prehistoric golden neck ornaments and a huge haul of Roman-era British coins are headed for display in Britain.

Senate Rejects McConnell's Attempt to Bar EPA from Regulating GHGs

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A measure that would have stripped the EPA of its authority to regulate emissions failed in the U.S. Senate by 10 votes.

12-year-old girl gives birth on school field trip

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No one knew she was pregnant, and she won't say who the father is. But police have a pretty good guess. Her dad previously did time for molesting another daughter.

X-Men: First Class Fan Posters That Are Better Than Real Ones

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X-Men: First Class made headlines this year when it released this batch of posters. They looked like fan-made photoshop hack jobs, but it turned out, they were real and produced by the studio.

Obama Rusurrects Carbon Offsets (Nobody Says Thanks)

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Carbon offsets have not exactly gone away—take Google's announcement in the summer of last year that it would offset 45,000 homes using carbon credits from landfill waste as a prime example.
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