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24 Sep 2010 01:08

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Tech: Seabird: Mozilla’s purient-thought-causing cell-phone tech concept

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07 Nov 2009 14:17

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Offbeat: Awesome blog: “Bank Notes: A collection of bank robbery notes”

From mean to deadly to nice and meek, bank robbers have different ways of handling notes. This guy’s kinda sinister. (Hat tip Andrew Sullivan) source
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29 Aug 2009 12:06

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Biz: These Bing ads for “The Philanthropist” drew a patent troll

  • Can you patent an advertising concept? That’s the question worth debating in this case, where small ad agency Denizen claims that the agency that made this “Bing” ad, JWT, stole its idea – a commercial for a product that advances the plot of the show on which it airs. Sounds patent trollish to us. source
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10 May 2009 21:26

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Biz, World: Czech this out: A neat new format for hyperlocal journalism

  • normal Next month, a bunch of coffee shops will open up around the Czech Republic.
  • neat The shops are hybrids between newsrooms and latte-sipping wi-fi palaces.
  • neater Reporters can interact with regulars, and regulars can bug editors for help.
  • neatest And hey, if the journalism thing doesn’t work out, they can fall back on coffee! source
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