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03 Apr 2010 10:30

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Tech: Best form of pre-iPad entertainment: Woz doing magic tricks

  • We think this magic trick is kinda fun, but it doesn’t beat the one he pulled when he was dating Kathy Griffin a couple of years ago.
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03 Apr 2010 10:19

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Biz: The intern subculture is growing – for purposes of free labor

  • 83% of graduating seniors held internships in 2008, up from 9 percent in 1992
  • 25% of those internships (or more) were reportedly unpaid; some states are cracking down source
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03 Apr 2010 10:08

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Biz: Like big financial companies, Pfizer designated too big to fail

Pfizer marketed painkiller Bextra for use after surgeries, despite the FDA not approving it for that. But when push came to shove, the Feds didn’t go for the kill. source
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03 Apr 2010 09:56

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World: The Vatican’s Jewish persecution comparison didn’t go over well

  • “This is really in bad taste.” On the list of least likely things you would’ve expected to come from the Vatican, a comparison of an abuse scandal and cover-up to Jewish persecution is pretty high. And a bunch of Jews aren’t happy about it, either. A Vatican spokesperson finally did some damage control, saying the line “is absolutely not the line of the Vatican and of the Catholic Church,” but the damage has already been done. source
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03 Apr 2010 09:46

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Tech: Fake Steve Jobs on the iPad: You’re waiting in line for sustenance

  • Some of our early iterations, in fact, had to be tossed out because when we looked at them we realized that parts of them were too, well, necessary. Don’t get me wrong. That’s fine for other companies. It’s just not what we do here at Apple.
  • Fake Steve Jobs • In an open letter to the people of the world regarding the iPad. In the letter, he describes the design process for the device, which involved engineers and designers having to work on a device inside a black box, and constant surveillance to make sure no info got leaked by employees. “It’s not easy to work at Apple,” he says, “But I think you’ll agree with me that it’s worth the trouble.” source
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03 Apr 2010 09:42

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World: Iraqi military targeted in latest post-election attack

  • 25 were killed by insurgents
    dressed as soldiers source
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