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Twitter Effect On Box Office: Hyper-Charges or Kills Movies
thewrap.com — The rise of social networking, studio executives say, is driving a near-instantaneous word of mouth effect that is doing much to hyper-charge Hollywood’s multi-million-dollar marketing efforts...or to defeat them a lot faster than usual. More…
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New York Times Considers $5 Monthly Web Fee
wired.com — Apparently all print subscribers haven’t been asked (this by way of a full disclosure), but the New York Times is asking its dead tree readers whether they’d be willing to pay to access the paper’s content online. The numbers being floated are $2.50 a month for subscribers, and $5 a month for everyone else More…
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White vs. Fedor: Ultimate Fighting's Cold War Gets Hotter
time.com — Imagine a pro quarterback with Peyton Manning's talent, playing up north in the CFL instead of the NFL. It may sound ridiculous, but the wildly popular sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) is grappling with such an unthinkable, uncomfortable scenario. More…
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LtGenPandaMuch Ado About IE6
blog.digg.com — Here at Digg, like most sites, the designers, developers, and QA engineers spend a lot of time making sure the site works in Internet Explorer 6. This work consumes time that could be spent building the future of Digg. Here’s what we’re gonna do — and not do — about it. More…
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Discovery Space: Moon Landing Factoids
dsc.discovery.com — What has duct tape and lightning got to do with the Apollo Program? Actually, quite a lot. Have a browse through these lesser known facts of the Apollo missions and take a quick journey back to the moon, pausing to examine some of the lesser-known facts along the way. More…
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mikeinto
Is China Banning Submissions to Digg?
brentcsutoras.com — China has a pretty documented history of banning various popular websites to keep its people from ‘viewing harmful information’. YouTube, Google, and CNN have been banned for some time, but with the recent riots, Facebook and Twitter were also banned in an effort to keep reports of the riots from getting out. More…
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TheEngineer2008
China earthquake causes mass mayhem
dailynewsjunction.com — More than 75,000 houses have faced severe damage in six districts of Yunnan with nearly 30 people afflicted with grave injuries. In the Yao’an district of Yunnan, close to 328 are injured with one dead. The epicentre of the quake was on a region that has a rather sparse populace in the east-northeast area of Dali city than spans 98kms. More…
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San Francisco's Multicoloured Salt Ponds
killerdirectory.com — Should you ever fly over San Francisco Bay, be sure to peer out of the window in order to catch a glimpse of one of the world's most incredibly coloured landscapes. It's hard to believe that the cause of such a vibrant display is plain old salt. More…
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'The Matrix' Fulfilled: Robots to Use Biomatter as Fuel
switched.com — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development organization for the Department of Defense, aims to "maintain the technological superiority of the U.S military." They seek to accomplish this goal by developing robots, lasers, spacecraft, and other awesome futuristic weapons of annihilation. More…
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Toxic Substance Allows Birds to "See" Magnetic Field
news.nationalgeographic.com — A toxic substance plays a key role in helping birds migrate, a new study says.Previous research had shown that birds seem to have an internal compass that allows them to "see" Earth's magnetic field. This magnetic vision guides them on long journeys. More…
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