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BLIP: NYC HIT BY EARTHQUAKE!
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NYC and Washington DC have just been hit by a magnitude 5.8 EARTHQUAKE! The Tremor lasted for 20 seconds. The US Geological Survey is Reporting a 5.8 magnitude quake hit Mineral, Virginia. Reports from D.C are saying the quake was much stronger. The White House and the Pentagon are being evacuated. Reports coming through on Twitter are
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| (Published: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:06:25 +0000) |
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Happy Birthday: John A Rogers
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Rogers’ manages a large, interdisciplinary group of students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign whose recent inventions range from implantable light emitting diode ”tattoos” to carbon nanotube radios. Many of these projects have resulted in startups of their own. In his role as a mentor, Rogers encourages future inventors to think ingeniously, find outstanding collaborators and be
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| (Published: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:01:24 +0000) |
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ASUS ROG G74Sx, Über Gaming Laptop for the Masses
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Über gaming laptops, these Über laptops are more than just a status symbol for the manufacturer and user, this is the modern work-horse computer. Republic of Gaming, the face of gaming at ASUS have released a new contender for the King of Über Gaming Laptops, the ROG G74Sx. ASUS has bestowed the G74Sx with the
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| (Published: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:10:21 +0000) |
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CHRONIC: The Clue is Velcro
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What is it about new technology that inspires dread in people who’ve failed through timing to grow up with it? 20 years ago, old people obsessed at the introduction of Velcro. Determined to keep the art of Shoe Lace Tying alive they pooh haha’d the thought of such a thing, two pieces of textured material could never replace the elegance
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| (Published: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:01:36 +0000) |
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SDO Solar Dynamics Observatory, Rubber Chickens stearing at the Sun
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The satellites and space craft that we launch to observe our world are our eyes and ears in space. Advances in satellites pointed at the Sun have been enormous over the last decade. The latest satellite gathering solar information is NASA’s SDO. Chances are you have seen footage produced by this high-tech observer, all of
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| (Published: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:51:04 +0000) |
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Shut The F_ck Up: Joe Kovacs
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The Encyclopedia of American Loons describes Joe Kovacs as the executive news editor for World Net Daily. That alone should qualify him for an entry into Loonville, but Kovacs hasn’t been lazy contributing to his candidacy. Among his more interesting “articles” is his musings about whether lunar eclipses signal the return of Jesus (a good example of the kind
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| (Published: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:30:49 +0000) |
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Quote of the Day: Richard Feynman
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“While you’re talking, you’re not learning anything” . . . Richard Feynman picture: tim foley
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| (Published: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:39:16 +0000) |
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UPDATED: NSFW! India Says NO to .XXX
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We Love a Good Hypocrisy, seems the new .xxx domain evoked a strong response from the Indian Government, the Ministry of IT, has issued the following statement, “India, along with many other countries from the Middle East and Indonesia, opposed the grant of the domain in the first place, and we would proceed to block the
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| (Published: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:21:40 +0000) |
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The Block: Gets a Loving Dose of Reality
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We like to stay UP around here, not quite Apple Office Up, more like the new Larry Page Google kind of up, realistic with a couple of perks left. We try not to get too negative – having blurted all that – one thing we loath is Reality TV! WTF is the world coming to, and
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| (Published: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:23:28 +0000) |
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They Said What!? Beejoli Shah: Django Unchained Director Quentin Tarantino Sucked My Toes!
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So, friendsicles: how many of you had the email from “beejoli” forwarded to you this morning and have subsequently sent it along to others? thousand, we’re betting!? Its validaty remains unknown but we do know Gawker is dutifully trying to track down “beejoli” to see if her random night with the notoriously foot-loving director is on the up. We
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| (Published: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:33:05 +0000) |
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Blipverts, now with more original content than an unauthorized Steve Jobs biography
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Fake Apple stores across China made for fascinating reading. and amusing pix last week. Thay have no skin on this weeks tale of forged trickery. This week we have a fake Steve Jobs and his fake biography. A bookstore in Taiwan has sold 4,000 copies of an apparently faked biography of the King of Apple,
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| (Published: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:29:36 +0000) |
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Read A Book: Charles Stross’s Rule 34 – IF it Exists, There is Porn of it. NO EXCEPTIONS!
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Charles Stross’s latest techno thriller, Rule 34, is a clear view at the dark side of nerd culture, Stross has produced a grotesque and gripping page-turner. Rule 34 is a near-future science fiction novel by Charles Stross. Rule 34 is a loose sequel to Halting State. The title is a reference to the meme Rule 34 of the Internet, a meme which states that
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| (Published: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:24:01 +0000) |
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Sphero A New Kind of Toy, The Spherical Super Hero
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The Christmas toy season is quickly approaching, toy companies around the world are beavering away in their labs trying to formulate the latest must have toy. Orbotix, a small company from Boulder Colorado may have this years viral toy sitting in the palm of their hand, a toy named Sphero. Orbotix have taken the worlds
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| (Published: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:18:49 +0000) |
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PETA POISED FOR PORN
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We love a good cause, we especially love a good cause done with a little hype. Our favorite lefty animal protection group PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – plans to launch a porn site – www.peta.xxx – PETA are no stranger to causing a bit of a stir, nor are they
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| (Published: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:28:00 +0000) |
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Return of the GREATEST Sci-Fi FILM EVER, Blade Runner!?
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Sci-Fi fans its time to start working on a new Blade Runner costume, get ready to que for days waiting patiently for opening night. The all time classic sci-fi flick Blade Runner is finally going to get a sequal. The wheels were set in motion when Alcon Entertainment secured the rights – in march –
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| (Published: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:47:04 +0000) |
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NASA’s Planet Hunter Kepler Discovers Planet Darkness
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NASA’s Kepler satellite, also known as the planet hunter has found a planet that is truely out of the ordinary. TrES-2b holds claim to being the darkest planet ever discovered. Darker than coal, blacker than blackboard paint and with a constant temperature of over 1,800 degrees Celsius, she’s as hot as she is dark. Discovered
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:06:15 +0000) |
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A New Class of Laptop, ASUS UX31 Ultrabook
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ASUS have managed to produce the shiniest laptop in the history of shiny laptops. The ASUS UX31 was possibly designed to blind people on sunny days, the aluminium unibody is shiny, eye-catching shiny, accident on the highway causing shiny. The ASUS UX31 is a compact ultra light laptop -1.3kg- with the grunt of a much larger
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:52:28 +0000) |
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UPDATED! Hewlett-Packard Goes Sideways on Vertical Integration and Kills Personal Systems Group
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Hewlett-Packard is pulling out of it’s consumer PC business, the company chose its Q3 earnings call to drop the bomb. The tech behemoth under Mark Hurd’s watch focused on splashing out $7 billion to buy Palm, 3COM, and 3PAR. Hewlett-Packard in a complete 180 is now ditching both the Personal Computer and Palm-Mobile Computing business, oh, and they’ve signed on the line to buy Autonomy for $11 billion. IN CASE
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:13:22 +0000) |
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Channel Blipverts, now with more storage than a six foot stack of floppy disks
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Channel Blipverts this week is proud to have as our guest video selector the very first IBM PC 5150. 5150 has been hidden away until recently when IBM outsourced all doorstop functions at their head office, making 5150 redundant. We found him working at seven eleven a few weeks ago. Having 5150 at the offices
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| (Published: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:57:39 +0000) |
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Fashion Fraud! The Bernie Madoff iPad Case
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He’s had his nifty little fingers in some pretty deep pockets. Bernie Madoff is presently shirtless but apparently not pantless. In case you live under a rock: In March 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies and admitted to turning his wealth management business into a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors of billions of dollars. Madoff said
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| (Published: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:05:31 +0000) |
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Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble! The Eternal Cycle vs Bubble Theory
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The theory that our universe is contained inside a bubble, that multiple alternative universes exist inside their own bubbles, the ‘multiverse’ is for the first time, being tested by physicists. Two Theories, Two Teams of Researchers. Eternal Cycle vs Bubble Theory! To date the inflationary paradigm has been very successful at explaining the initial conditions giving
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| (Published: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:09:31 +0000) |
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Kenny of the Block, Gymkhana 4
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The anticipation has been buiilding for WEEKS. Monster fans, petrol heads and rally junkies have been holding their breath for Gymkhana 4, Ken Blocks next extreme driving video. Hold your breath no longer Gymkhana fans number 4 is here, Kenny of the Block and Monster World Rally have teamed up once more to bring us
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| (Published: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:46:59 +0000) |
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Fishy Story, Pharmaceutical Co’s Admit Effluence !?
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Punters who flush unwanted contraceptives down the drain have long been blamed for giving fish more than their fair share of sex organs. Drugs excreted by patients can also taint rivers, even after passing through wastewater-processing facilities. Evidence is accumulating that the effluent coming from pharmaceutical factories could also be carrying drugs into rivers. Many ecotoxicologists
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| (Published: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:24:39 +0000) |
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