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06 Feb 2009 09:14

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Tech: This kid is smarter than you; he programs iPhone apps

Lim Ding Wen – he’s 9 and has already done more than you. Better catch up, guys. source

06 Feb 2009 09:03

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Sports: How notable is Pat Summit’s college coaching feat?

  • She’s better than everyone, even the guys. Summit, Tennessee’s longtime coach, is the first person – male or female – to hit 1,000 wins in coaching college basketball. The next closest is Bob Knight, who got to 900 wins in more time (and by throwing more chairs) than it took Summit. It’s a fact not lost on her. “Wow,” Summit said after winning. “This may be a little hard for me.” source

06 Feb 2009 08:57

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Sports: A women’s basketball coach hits a major milestone

  • 1,000 career wins for Tenn.’s Pat Summit source

06 Feb 2009 08:53

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U.S.: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has pancreatic cancer; will she survive?

  • <5% of all pancreatic cancer patients survive beyond five years after the diagnosis, mostly because of a lack of early diagnosis
  • <10% of cases are caught early; in Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s case, it was, but that still means a long, painful road ahead source

06 Feb 2009 08:43

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Tech: Google opens up a huge library at your smudgy fingertips

  • Watch out, Kindle. Google, as you might have heard, is on a roll this week. (Way to make up for that whole malware thing, guys.) Anyway, the company has made their Google Book Search available for mobile phones such as the iPhone and G1, which, with its 1.5 million book library, should give you something to do on the Metro. source

06 Feb 2009 08:29

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Offbeat: How many people have applied for the Aussie dream job, anyway?

  • 10,000+ applications have been submitted for the job, which would be fun in the sun in the Great Barrief Reef for six months
  • $100,000 size of the contract the winner would get. The job was designed as an antidote to the global economic meltdown source

06 Feb 2009 08:24

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Offbeat: A dream job applicant who has no shot at the job

  • I enjoy the outdoors and sandy areas. I’ve got experience with videos, delegating tasks and experience with large scale event coordination. My interests include arts and craft and renovating. I’m outgoing and fun-loving.
  • “Osama Bin Laden” • in a parody YouTube clip in which he applies for the dream job that the state of Queensland, Australia offered last month • source