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28 May 2009 22:10

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U.S.: Apologies for false criminal complaints – now in YouTube form!

  • This painfully scripted apology, which makes our brain hurt to watch, is in response to laughably insane allegations that this woman, Cassidy Harris, made about a St. Louis cop. The allegations were false.source
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28 May 2009 21:46

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Politics, Tech: Is web music retailer Lala’s business model evil and bad?

  • One CEO’s criticism Perennial startup CEO Michael Robertson, most famously of the jerked-around MP3.com, claims that Lala’s model attempts to lock users into evil major-label-supported DRM for their most popular product, ten-cent web songs. He pointed specifically to a patent they own. Robertson has a personal claim, by the way – he currently owns competitor MP3tunes.com. source
  • One CEO’s criticism Perennial startup CEO Michael Robertson, most famously of the jerked-around MP3.com, claims that Lala’s model attempts to lock users into evil major-label-supported DRM for their most popular product, ten-cent web songs. He pointed specifically to a patent they own. Robertson has a personal claim, by the way – he currently owns competitor MP3tunes.com.
  • Lala’s defense Lala, which we use here pretty regularly (it hosts our Saturday Mixtape feature), claims that there’s nothing nefarious about what’s going on. “We’re trying to provide a way so that users can have more access to their music than they had in the past,” says CEO Geoff Ralston. It’s important to note, by the way, that you can also buy MP3s of most songs available at the site. source
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28 May 2009 21:15

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U.S.: It took a while, but Sully’s passengers got their stuff back

  • 150 passengers temporarily lost their stuff, but kept their lives, after Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger pinpointedly landed US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River source
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28 May 2009 21:04

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Tech: Wow. CNet says Microsoft’s Bing search engine tops Google

  • Google keeps improving in the area of in-search collation and display as well, but Bing makes Google look complacent, and that’s not good for Google. For the moment, Bing’s on top in this game.
  • CNet reviewer Rafe Needleman • On Microsoft’s Bing, the funnily-named new search engine designed to compete with Google big time. Needleman says Bing doesn’t consistently top Google, but it does it enough to make it look competitive. That’s OK, though; Google should be fine. Heck, MS totally got upstaged by Google today. But that said, Bing launches fully on June 3 keep an eye out. • source
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28 May 2009 20:47

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Biz, U.S.: General Motors may soon be as American as socialist pie

  • 72.5% of GM could be owned by taxpayers. Hooray! source
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28 May 2009 20:42

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Music, Politics: This new TV news + music collabo is pretty F&%*ed Up

  • Fox goes hardcore The conservative-leaning news network’s late-night show “Red Eye” has a new regular contributor, and he’s the lead screamer of one of our favorite hardcore bands, Toronto’s F&%*ed Up. The manic Pink Eyes (a.k.a. Damian Abraham) got the gig after ballsily calling out the show’s host, Greg Gutfield, on comments he made regarding the Canadian military. Gutfield, BTW, is a fan. source
  • Fox goes hardcore The conservative-leaning news network’s late-night show “Red Eye” has a new regular contributor, and he’s the lead screamer of one of our favorite hardcore bands, Toronto’s F&%*ed Up. The manic Pink Eyes (a.k.a. Damian Abraham) got the gig after ballsily calling out the show’s host, Greg Gutfield, on comments he made regarding the Canadian military. Gutfield, BTW, is a fan.
  • What Pink Eyes thinks Abraham, who’s known for doing such awesomely insane things as drawing his own blood at shows, is just as surprised as anybody. “It’s one of those things where do you take this ridiculous opportunity as it’s presented to you, or do you avoid it and just continue on with your life?” he said of the surreal gig. “That’s sort of the internal struggle I’m dealing with.” source
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28 May 2009 19:14

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Tech: We’re convinced Google is showing off again with Google Wave

Google Wave screenshot
  • Look, Google, we get it. You’re better than us. In fact, unbelievably so. So stop rubbing stuff like Wave into our faces, OK?source
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28 May 2009 10:59

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U.S., World: Obama’s decision to block the Abu Ghraib photos was smart

  • The mere description of these pictures is horrendous enough, take my word for it.
  • Major General Antonio Taguba • Regarding the photos Obama chose not to release, which show scenes of “torture, abuse, rape and every indecency,” according to the general. We think the world is probably better off without them, kids. • source
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28 May 2009 10:53

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Offbeat, Tech: Yelp is saying “Gulp” after ticking off an anti-rape advertiser

“Put the fun between your legs” perhaps wasn’t the right headline for an article on biking sponsored by an anti-rape organization. *oof* source
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28 May 2009 10:45

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Culture, Music: Chris Brown finally speaks out, defends himself via web video

  • Everybody that’s haters, they just been haters. All my real fans, I love you all. I ain’t a monster.
  • Chris Brown • Who’s been quite mum about the whole him-beating-up-Rihanna case up until this point, but gave YouTube the scoop by finally posting a video giving everyone an update on what he’s been doing lately. Which, as you might guess, is recording an album. • source
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