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11 Oct 2010 10:41

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Tech: Here it is: Three really quick Windows Phone 7 facts

  • 30 number of countries getting Windows Phone 7 at the phone’s launch
  • nine number of Windows Phone 7 models coming out next month
  • 2011 when MS expects the phones to have copy and paste source
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11 Oct 2010 10:27

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Culture: Banksy comes up with Simpsons couch gag, disturbs us greatly

  • Jesus Christ Banksy. Yeah, we know all this stuff in this couch gag is true about the Simpsons, but did you really have to expose Western audiences to this harsh reality? source
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11 Oct 2010 10:19

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World: North Korea appears ready to expand its internet usage

  • 1,024 .kp domains are ready for use anytime source
  • » Expanded usage elsewhere: While North Korea is keeping a tight lid on internet usage within the country, many foreign reporters in the country this weekend noted that they could actually use the internet on THEIR OWN COMPUTERS. Before, they had to use officially designated computers to do that. (By the way, check out the design on this site. Epic.)
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11 Oct 2010 09:24

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Biz: States ready to throw collective book at mortgage lenders

  • Know how we know that the government is taking this whole foreclosure thing seriously? Well, more than two-thirds of the state attorney generals are about to probe the mortgage industry to see what happened with all that questionable paperwork that they’ve reportedly been plowing through the legal system. Last week, Bank of America halted foreclosures in all 50 states, but other companies have yet to follow suit to that degree. source
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11 Oct 2010 09:12

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U.S.: Cellmate: “Latin King Goonies” laugh about anti-gay crime

  • classy You’re one of eight suspects sitting in jail after being suspected of committing a heinous anti-gay crime in the Bronx just over a week ago. Your face has been plastered all over the news.
  • classier Your cellmates have this to say about you: “They thought it was funny – one of them was laughing. He was saying ‘I’ll take five years.’ They were all joking around like it was funny.” source
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11 Oct 2010 08:56

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Politics: Did Carl Paladino actually utter this anti-homosexuality phrase?

  • There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual.
  • New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino (possibly) • In prepared remarks from a speech he made to an Orthodox Jewish group. Problem is, he didn’t say them, which he’s using as a leverage point against the media. Now, granted, he did say that he doesn’t want children “to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option … it isn’t.” And he tried to defend himself, partly by mentioning his relationship with his gay nephew in a statement after the speech. Wow, he stepped in it, didn’t he? source
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