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10 Jun 2009 20:49

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Politics, Tech: Google: You mean the DOJ is investigating us? Pssh, whatever!

  • They wouldn’t be doing their job if they weren’t taking a look at all the industries people are telling them to take a look at.
  • Dana Wagner • Google’s competition counsel, on the Obama administration’s investigation of the search engine giant. To explain how much the government’s all over Google, we’re going to pretend to be like The Count here. One government inquiries. Ah-TWO government inquiries. NO! THREE government inquiries! • source
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10 Jun 2009 20:42

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Biz, Tech: The guy behind the iPod and Pre is now Palm’s CEO

  • Jon Rubinstein has a pretty golden touch. Hired at Apple during the company’s dark ages, he devised some of their best products as their hardware chief, including masterminding the iPod, which was a massive success. He retired in 2005 only to get courted by Palm two years later. The fruit of his labor? The Pre, which is off to a decent start. Now he’s the CEO. Go figure. source
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10 Jun 2009 20:28

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Biz, Politics: This Boston Globe editorial toon is 23% off, just like their wages

Boston Globe editorial cartoonist Dan Wasserman, per usual, found an entertaining way to express his opinion. source
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10 Jun 2009 20:16

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Music, Politics: Ouch! This indie rock catfight seems destined to leave scars

  • He needs to go back to school or move back in with his parents and sit down and think about things. He shouldn’t play music. He shouldn’t tour.
  • Black Lips singer Jared Swilley • On fellow indie rocker Nathan Williams, a.k.a. Wavves. Wavves, who is currently earning much buzz for his noise-drenched indie rock, had a huge drug-fueled on-stage meltdown at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain – his first European show. Swilley says he thought he was too cool and blew his opportunity. He also treats people bad and eats puppies. • source
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10 Jun 2009 20:01

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Sports: Head-to-head, basketball finals crush hockey finals

  • 14.2 million number of people who watched Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Magic and the Lakers last night – the best ratings of the night
  • 5.8 million number of people who watched the Red Wings and Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals – about as good as a test signal usually gets source
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10 Jun 2009 19:52

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Culture: Miss California firing: Was it politics or personnel issues?

  • he said Donald Trump claims she simply wasn’t doing her job. “I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her contract with the Miss California USA organization, and I gave her the opportunity to do so,” he said.
  • she said Carrie Prejean claims it was political. “What’s behind this, I think, is a political debate. … From day one they wanted me out, and they got what they wanted,” she said. Her stance on gay marriage earned her 15 seconds of fame.
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10 Jun 2009 18:49

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Offbeat: A supergenius on the same level as Stephen Hawking wants a nana

  • 160 the I.Q. of of 2-year-old Brit Karina Oakley source
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10 Jun 2009 18:37

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Biz, Tech: CHARGE! Bankrupt GM spends a ton of money on batteries

GM is so focused on trying to reinvent itself that it built this giant frickin’ $25 million lab to make giant batteries for electric cars source
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10 Jun 2009 18:26

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U.S.: The guard who died in the Holocaust Memorial shooting saved many lives

  • Never take your guard force and security people for granted. They did exactly what they were supposed to do to protect people in the museum.
  • William Parsons • The chief of staff for the U.S. Holocaust Museum in D.C., on the death of Stephen Tyrone Johns, who was killed by 88-year-old white supremacist James von Brunn. Johns may have died, but there were thousands of people inside the museum and he protected all of them from a Holocaust denier who was shooting to kill. • source
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10 Jun 2009 12:02

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Offbeat: The English language has a pretty lame millionth word, guys

  • Web 2.0 The millionth word added to the English language, which is just awful and annoying.
  • 14 Number of words added to the language on a daily basis. That’s too many. source
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