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Skateboarder Risks Life to Ollie Moving Car! Holy Shit!
via Feeddit by (author unknown) on February 07, 2008
....wow.1332 Diggs and 211 Comments in Extreme - Submitted by badwithcomputer - Mirror
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Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo started at ... [Acquisitions]
via Valleywag by Nicholas Carlson on February 07, 2008
Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo started at $31 per share. But because the deal is a half-stock, half-cash offer, it value has declined along with Microsoft's own share price. Silicon Alley Insider has a calculator to keep you updated as to exactly how much Microsoft's offer is worth, right now. [SAI]
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No More Trips to the Bank - Scan in checks to deposit them
via Feeddit by (author unknown) on February 07, 2008
Online banking service provider CheckFree Corp is rolling out technology that could mean consumers will no longer have to go to a bank branch to deposit checks. Called Remote Deposit Capture, people scan checks through their home computers and deposit them electronically. This has been around for several years for companies, but now is for everyone310 Diggs and 75 Comments in Business & Finance -...
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AT&T plans major 3G expansion ahead of second-gen iPhone
via Feeddit by (author unknown) on February 06, 2008
AT&T said Wednesday it plans a major expansion of its wireless network during the 2008 calendar year, including the deployment of third-generation (3G) wireless broadband service to more than 80 additional cities in the United States through the course of the year. The news comes just months before Apple is expected to announce availability of i511 Diggs and 66 Comments in Apple - Submitted by...
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Romney drops out of presidential campaign (Reuters)
via Yahoo! News: Top Stories by (author unknown) on February 06, 2008
Reuters - Republican candidate Mitt Romney dropped out of the U.S. presidential race on Thursday, a decision that makes Sen. John McCain the all-but-certain nominee of his party.
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Enter Data into Google Spreadsheets via Custom Forms [Google Docs]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on February 05, 2008
Google adds an interesting new feature to its online spreadsheets product: the ability to create and share an entry form with others for collecting information (versus giving them full access to the spreadsheet itself). Looks useful for surveys or any kind of easy information collection for a large number of people. Now that you don't have to be a Gmail user to use Google Docs (and...
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How low can we go?
via The Bing Blog by thebingblog on February 05, 2008
Yesterday, the Dow ended up with its face in the mashed potatoes again. It’s ironic that while the nation is engaged in the most hopeful, positive political campaign in decades, the financial markets are hawking up phlegm and getting ready for the Big One.Good news comes in the form of rumors that the Fed, bless its expanding little heart, is once again considering rate cuts. By next year at...
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Fourth undersea cable cut near UAE, suspicions rise
via Engadget by Darren Murph on February 04, 2008
Filed under: NetworkingFor the fourth time in a week, an undersea communications cable in the Mediterranean Sea has apparently been cut, and while no official reports of subversion have surfaced just yet, things are beginning to get suspicious. Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA Group, has had two cables damaged in the span of a week -- a quandary it has never dealt...
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Hey, You Condescending Jerk, No One Prints Emails Anyway
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on February 01, 2008
Apologies, it’s time for a weekend rant. I know it’s all the rage right now to be green. but is it really necessary to put a line at the bottom of every email telling me not consider the environment and not to print it?It was fine when just a few people did it last year (it was a ding against their startup, but didn’t necessarily kill a story), but now a significant percentage of emails...
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Sources: Writers strike close to ending (AP)
via Yahoo! News: Top Stories by (author unknown) on February 04, 2008
AP - An agreement to end the three-month-old Hollywood writers strike could be ready in time to avoid disrupting the Oscars but studios and the union are still haggling over the precise language, two people familiar with the talks said.
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