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16 Aug 2009 20:48

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Biz, Tech: Big and evil Comcast wants to be bigger and eviler

  • Comcast made a $54 billion bid for Disney out of the blue. Everyone laughed at them because it was so unexpected. Their shareholders didn’t like it. source
  • Comcast has spent years saving up massive amounts of cash in their coffers. They’re glancing around. Investors are concerned they may do a repeat. source
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26 Jul 2009 12:08

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Culture: It’s official: We want to have the new Tron movie’s baby

  • It doesn’t matter that we’re a blog. Or that we’re mostly written from a male perspective. Or that we can’t reproduce even if we wanted to. Watch this trailer and tell us you don’t want to have a baby with “Tron Legacy.” And keep in mind that Daft Punk is doing the soundtrack. DAFT PUNK! There’s nothing that can go wrong with this movie.source
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12 May 2009 23:05

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Tech, World: The woman who named Pluto lived to see one last vindication

  • It has now been satisfactorily proven that the dog was named after the planet, rather than the other way around. So, one is vindicated.
  • Englishwoman Venetia Phair • Who, as an 11-year-old girl, named the planet Pluto in 1930. She named the planet for the Roman god of the underworld and suggested it to her grandfather, who talked to some people, and then they talked to more people, and eventually, the name stuck. Phair died April 30 at 90. • source
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28 Feb 2009 09:48

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Culture: The Jonas Brothers are popping into theaters, pissing us off

  • I hope the fans we surprise at the movie theaters we visit have as much fun as I know we are going to have.
  • Joe Jonas • On the band’s current trend of showing up at random movie theaters this weekend. They have a new movie out, “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience,” which we have no desire to see because we’re neither preteen nor female. • source
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