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02 Apr 2010 12:29

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Tech: Sharp’s glasses-free 3D screens get us closer to mobile phone “Avatar”

  • Only downside: You have to be about a foot away. Sharp introduced a cool new technology today, a 3D touchscreen LCD. Why is this a big deal? Because it’s easily usable on mobile phones. It has some downsides – it only works at a fixed distance away. But you can easily switch between 2D and 3D, and you don’t need glasses, which is the important part. source
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02 Apr 2010 12:13

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Politics: S.E. Cupp: Why can’t the U.S. accept me as who I am?

  • But recently, I’ve felt that my unconditional love of country isn’t being reciprocated. Maybe America’s just not that into me.
  • Conservative commentator S.E. Cupp • Suggesting on AOL News that the U.S. is becoming too much of a nanny state, noting the health care bill in general and some of New York state’s policies in specific (they’re talking about a tax on sugary soda, and it costs an arm and a leg to buy a pack of cigarettes). Her point? “I should be allowed to be as moronic, stupid and unhealthy as I want, as long as the only idiot I’m hurting is myself.” We have to say, we actually kind of like S.E. Cupp’s opinions on things, because unlike a lot of conservative columnists, she seems to have the magical gift of levity. source
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02 Apr 2010 12:02

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U.S., World: Here’s a photo of the Navy blowing up another pirate skiff

AMERICA, #(&@ YEAH! This image proves what we suggested yesterday: Pirates shouldn’t screw with the U.S. Navy, because the U.S. Navy will win. source
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02 Apr 2010 11:53

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U.S.: Crazy extremist group tells governors to resign, or else

  • 30 governors, 30 death threats; someone’s been busy source
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02 Apr 2010 11:43

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U.S.: Why did the U.S. change its airline security standards, anyway?

  • Simple: Some of the countries being targeted complained. After December’s near-miss terror incident involving the underwear bomber, the U.S. put people fourteen nations on a heightened security checklist. Some of the countries, including Nigeria (where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab came from) complained about the treatment because they were allies of the U.S. So the U.S. decided to switch to more general terrorist profiling techniques. Good idea, or too soft on terror? We’ll find out. source
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02 Apr 2010 11:31

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World: Russian suicide bomber’s husband was killed by Russian military

Moscow suicide bomber Dzhennet Abdurakhmanova, 17, was married to Umalat Magomedov, who was killed in December. True love, of course, is someone you can hold a gun with. source
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02 Apr 2010 11:19

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Tech: RIP Ed Roberts, Altair 8800 maker who started the PC revolution

  • Ed Roberts may not have invented the iPad, but his invention is arguably more important. The Altair 8800 was the first personal computer produced to any sort of scale. Not that it could do much – the only thing you could do on this version was hit switches and make lights blink. But it still sold thousands out of the gate. Roberts died last night. He was 68. source
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02 Apr 2010 11:05

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Biz: The big flop: The Census isn’t creating the jobs it should

  • 600,000 Census jobs should be created, including 100,000 in March
  • 48,000 have been hired so far, which was far below estimates source
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02 Apr 2010 10:49

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Biz: The jobless rate stayed flat, but companies are hiring again; yes!

  • 9.7% the current unemployment rate, which is unchanged from February
  • 162k the number of jobs created in March, which is good, but below estimates
  • 6.5M the number of people unemployed six months or more, which is a record source
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