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11 Mar 2009 10:06

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World: First a shooting in the U.S., now one in Germany

  • 15 dead in a school shooting in Winnenden, Germany source
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11 Mar 2009 10:00

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Culture: Yo Trekkies, this quote may excite you.

  • I would love to return to the spirit of the old series with the colours and attitude. I loved ‘Voyager’ and ‘Deep Space Nine,’ but they seem to have lost the ‘60s fun and I would love to take it back to its origin.
  • Bryan Fuller • Creator of the lamented “Pushing Daisies” and a former “Star Trek” writer, on his desire to create a new “Trek” TV series in the spirit of the original show. It’s a good year to be a Trekkie, by the way, thanks to J.J. Abrams, whose “Star Trek” movie hits theaters in May. • source
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11 Mar 2009 09:55

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Biz, Tech: Google tries serving up ads based on what (and how) you surf

  • The service explained Google’s new ad placement technology, based on user behavior from previous searches, launches today on YouTube and Google, and the rest of the Interweb in April. Oh great, now we have to worry about porn ads when we’re not surfing for por … uh, actually, we don’t surf porn. What gave you that idea? source
  • The service explained Google’s new ad placement technology, based on user behavior from previous searches, launches today on YouTube and Google, and the rest of the Interweb in April. Oh great, now we have to worry about porn ads when we’re not surfing for por … uh, actually, we don’t surf porn. What gave you that idea?
  • A privacy minefield Some people in the ad industry might think this is a good way to serve up ads. But other people look at this as a major privacy concern – the digital equivalent of Google looking through your trash and pulling out your social security number. While it might be tough to ease that concern, the service is opt-out. source
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11 Mar 2009 02:44

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Politics: Jim Cramer took the Jon Stewart CNBC beatdown like a whiny baby

“A COMEDIAN! A COMEDIAN had the nerve to take me down! A COMEDIAN!” source
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11 Mar 2009 02:26

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U.S.: Speaking of Detroit, nearby Pontiac has some teacher layoff drama

  • 100% of teachers will be laid off at the end of the year, then rehired (maybe) source
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11 Mar 2009 02:01

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Culture: As if Detroit didn’t have enough problems, here comes Jay Leno

You think you’re cheering them up, Jay, but really, you’re not that funny. It won’t help. source
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11 Mar 2009 01:55

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Tech: For those looking to hop on the Apple tablet PC rumor mill …

  • … here’s your evidence. The Taiwanese supplier of Apple’s multitouch screens for its iPhone recently received an order for 10″ screens, according to a source. In case you heard a absurdly excited sound off in the distance, that was a bunch of Apple fanbois freaking-da-eff-out on the prospect of a Netbook from Apple. source
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11 Mar 2009 01:47

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World: The Mexican drug cartel battle leads to a grisly find

  • 5 human heads were found in ice chests in central Mexico source
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11 Mar 2009 01:37

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Politics, Tech: The Weekly Standard piles on the Facebook hate, big time

  • I will never, ever join Facebook, the omnipresent online social-networking site that like so many things that have menaced our country (the Unabomber, Love Story, David Gergen) came to us from Harvard but has now worked its insidious hooks into every crevice of society.
  • Matt Labash • Senior editor of The Weekly Standard, in an article criticizing the site due to its sheer size, impersonality, mundanity and the way that it takes intrigue away from personal relationships. Yeah, so? It’s because we want our friends to know we’re watching “Gossip Girl.” Labash wrote this just in time for Facebook’s soon-to-launch redesign, by the way. • source
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