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24 Feb 2009 10:23

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Tech: Hey look, a new Apple Safari!

Safari turns the big 4.0 today. Celebrate by loading up Software Update. source
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24 Feb 2009 10:17

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Tech: Among the Oscar winners: A World of Warcraft guild leader

  • You know it was for something nerdy, too. Steve Preeg, a visual effects artist, won for his work on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Preeg, when he’s not making Brad Pitt age in reverse, is Combat Rogue with 450 Enchanting and Inscription and leads a guild that’s done everything but Sarth 3D. WoW, good for him. source
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24 Feb 2009 10:09

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U.S.: What goes up, then comes down, must cost a lot, eh NASA?

  • $273 million the cost of a new satellite that was put up into orbit today
  • three minutes amount of time it took for the satellite to fall back to Earth source
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24 Feb 2009 10:05

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Offbeat, World: Poverty-stricken Indian woman tries to sell her baby

  • $130 the amount she was selling the newborn for source
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24 Feb 2009 10:02

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U.S.: Obama to whiny governors: Stop being so whiny

  • If we agree on 90 percent of this stuff, and we’re spending all our time on television arguing about 1, 2, 3 percent of the spending in this thing … that starts sounding more like politics.
  • Barack Obama • On the stimulus package, parts of which may lead to states picking up the bill down the road. Some Republican governors have complained about this (somewhat loudly). Some of the complaining governors are potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates. • source
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24 Feb 2009 10:01

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Music: A goal to reach for: The Huffington Post of Hip-Hop?

  • A former XXL Magazine editor says yes. The Huffington Post, which exploded in popularity in the last year, is perhaps an odd model for a hip-hop Web site, but Elliott Wilson says RapRadar.com can pull it off. The site, which launches March 9, will attempt to combine the worlds of blog gossip and news, just like HuffPo. And it helps that the mag has cred and money behind it: Eminem’s manager, Paul Rosenberg, is backing it, and Wilson is publishing an authorized bio of Jay-Z next year. So he can probably get those guest celebrity columns, too. source
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24 Feb 2009 01:15

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Biz, Tech: Not to pick on Microsoft again, but …

… they make it sooooooo easy for us. ElevateAmerica is coming from the right place, though. source
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24 Feb 2009 01:08

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Biz, U.S.: Dear Associated Press: This is a reeeeeallly stupid idea

  • Can I imagine content going behind a pay wall? Absolutely. And, yes, we are in conversations about that.
  • Tom Curley • The short-sighted, probably fat CEO of Associated Press who doesn’t see the big picture and wants to start charging for content. Good God, if the industry is thinking like this, maybe Marc Andreessen is onto something. • source
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