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Palin Was Not Honest About Reason For Resignation
mediacurves.com — After Viewing Johnston Interview All Political Parties Say Palin Was Not Honest About Reasons for Resignation. The study also revealed that 74% of Democrats, 53% of Republicans and 64% of Independents indicated that Palin’s resignation was attributed to money offers and endorsement opportunities. More…
The Weekly Carboholic: pro-fracking studes don't support it
scholarsandrogues.com — This week: Gas industry’s own fracking studies don’t support industry claims; can concentrating photovoltaic compete with solar thermal and standard PV?; wind turbines may affect weather; geoengineering doesn’t help acidification; new study on the PETM raises questions, but no answers; new climate idea might break US-China emissions stalemate. More…
Quentin Tarantino: Brad Pitt Smokes Weed Out Of Coke Can
airamerica.com — Back in May, Brad Pitt spilled the beans to reporters on how exactly "Inglorious Basterds" director Quentin Tarantino got him to agree to do the film. (Quick summary: it involved "five bottles of wine" and a "smoking apparatus.") But according to Tarantino's recent interview with GQ, the "smoking apparatus" was all Pitt's handiwork. More…
GNOME's Zeitgeist Engine Has Its First Release
phoronix.com — One of the GNOME projects that's in development that should premiere around the time of GNOME 3.0 is Zeitgeist, which is the system for tracking user activity and events and then logging it, so that later on the user can use the Zeitgeist tool to browse or find events and files on the computer. More…
Gates sees Natal coming to Windows PCs
electronista.com — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates today hinted that his company's Project Natal technology for the Xbox 360 should also come to Windows. The future add-on, which detects full body movement and real-world objects, is now expected to reach the desktop both for work purposes, like collaboration, but also media tasks in the home. More…

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