Top Newz: June 2008

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Bet Your iPhone Can't Do This
A phone needs some pretty amazing features to stand out in the current market. I'd say this one qualifies.
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What are the Costs You Will Face With New Copyright Bill
$20 000 fine for Posting music using the Internet or peer-to-peer technology and Posting a copyright-protected work, such as a picture or video, onto a website such as Facebook or YouTube.Also Selling, renting or giving away a device (e.g., iPod) that contains copies of music that were originally copied onto the device by you for private purpose.
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A 100 Movie Montage
At first I didn't feel like this clip was particularly creative but as I watched it more, I realized that aside from the juxtaposition of similar beats/events/lines here, there's a rhythm to the way these moments are edited together...and I like it. What do you think?
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Disney's WALL-E wows box office
"WALL-E," bolstered by near-unanimous critical praise, sold an estimated $62.5 million of tickets in its first three days, said Pixar's Walt Disney Co parent.
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Near-Sighted Biker Gets Closer Look At Sign
Look Ma, no hands.....and no teeth. She's still proud of you though, loser.
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John.He.Is
John 08' Like Hope, But Different.
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How Jamaica Develops So Many Champion Sprinters
How does a poor Caribbean country of less than 3 million people produce such athletic riches? Improved coaching and a new system to develop raw talent at home have combined with a tradition of seeing sprinting as an inexpensive ticket out of poverty, observers say. For now, Jamaicans are reveling in having the world's two fastest men
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Happy Thoughts May Dampen (Smoking) Cravings
Want to quit smoking? Next time the urge to light up strikes, think of snow-capped peaks instead of the fleeting pleasure of a white cigarette. That's the conclusion of a new brain study which shows that thinking happy thoughts could help dampen cravings.
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How the US Ambassador Became a Paraguayan Pop Star
Until January, a career diplomat appeared to be readying for retirement in Miami. Now the U.S. ambassador to Paraguay is the country's most unusual singing sensation.
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The McCain Residences: A Google Earth Tour
The Jed Report gives us a look at the Lifestyles of the Rich and Foolish.
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Libertarian Bob Barr on FOX News Sunday w/ Chris Wallace
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr sits down with Chris Wallace to discuss liberty, Libertarianism, and small government.
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HBO Film: Hacking Democracy Deibold/Global Voting Solutions
How can we have a democracy if we cannot secure our voting system? This full length movie examines how we count our votes. They found that it is a very corrupt innacurate system that allows a corrupt system to continue to run. Al Gore in 2002 was defeated but they uncovered a rigging of the system & was not due to machine failure. Negative votes...
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Cancer 'Cure' In Mice To Be Tested In Humans
The treatment will involve transfusing specific white blood cells, called granulocytes, from select donors, into patients with advanced forms of cancer. A similar treatment using white blood cells from cancer-resistant mice has previously been highly successful, curing 100 percent of lab mice afflicted with advanced malignancies.
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Tracking Nightlife Activity : Mapping the Cool Quest
Jebara's creation, Citysense, uses advanced machine learning techniques to number crunch vast amounts of data emanating from thousands of cell-phones, GPS-equipped cabs and other data devices to paint live pictures of where people are gathering. Fed to websites such as Google or Yelp, the data reveals what's happening at any location.
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When Ambassadors Had Rhythm
When America was having problems with its image during the cold war, the State Department decided to deploy its secret weapon: jazz musicians.
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Undercover NYPD Officers Frame 4 On Drug Charges
Undercover police officers who arrested four men on drug charges are under investigation after surveillance video proved the men they arrested committed no crime.
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Women prefer men with stubble for love, sex and marriage
Stubble is the way to win a woman's heart, a study has shown. Researchers found that women are more attracted to men with stubbly chins than those with clean-shaven faces or full beards
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Google plugs YouTube into Playstation 3
To the surprise of no one, Google is now offering software that streams video, photos, and music from your PC to your television.
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Time-lapse video of Aurora Australis: The Southern Lights
This is the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Filmed during the Antarctic winter in the general vicinity of McMurdo Station and Scott Base, where the sun is below the horizon for 4 months of the year by Anthony Powell, a photographer based in Antarctica.
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Valve: Why the PC is the future
Valve mastermind Gabe Newell and his cohorts had an ulterior motive for bringing reporters together, however, and unusually for an ulterior motive, it wasn't a wholly self-interested one. It was this: to evangelise the PC as the games platform of the future.
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8 Ways to Green Your Garden
Summer is a great opportunity to spend time in the garden. Sunny days provide nice weather and extra daylight. School is out so you've got extra potential workers. The ground is fertile from springtime rain.
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The Bush Regime steps up its secret moves against Iran
"Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran"
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Pixar's first short... unbelievably made in 1984
Can you believe this was made 25 years ago?
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Spain Crowned UEFA Euro 2008 Champions
Twenty four years after blowing it in Paris in 1984, Spain won UEFA Euro 2008 championship.
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Australian Crocs Hit by Cane Toad 'Wave of Death'
Pit a cane toad against a freshwater crocodile and who wins? Although the croc eats the oversized amphibian, it seems the toad has the final laugh.
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Researchers Re-Create Pre-Columbian Sounds
cientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. But no one blew into the noisemakers for nearly 15 years. When someone finally did, the shrill, windy screech made the spine tingle.
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300 Internet Death Threats Since Tokyo Killing Spree
As many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead.
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Sony granted patent for handheld with touchscreen
Sony Computer Entertainment America was granted a patent on Friday for a "hand-held [sic] device with touchscreen and digital tactile pixels." It'd be a stretch to say any of this is explicitly indicative of a PSP 2.0 or PSP phone, but it is interesting to note that "game device" is listed as one of the potential applications,
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The controversial JCPenny Commercial.
This is the commercial everyone has been talking about. Did you also know that this spot was awarded a Cannes Lions 2008 Film Bronze award..?
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How to make yourself retarded
Kid gets slammed in the head by a playground equipment
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Coming Soon: Pirate TV Show
Jesse Alexander, the executive producer of the popular TV-shows 'Heroes' and 'Lost' and Matt Mason, author of 'The Pirate's Dilemma', are working on a new TV-show about piracy. The show will be based on Matt's book, and will show how important pirates are for today's society.
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Russian Search Engine: Where Google Isn't Goliath
"Want to know the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the best place in town for borscht, or the weather in Novosibirsk? In most of the world you might Google the answer. But a Russian would more likely "Yandex" it. Russia's Yandex -- set to go public on Nasdaq -- is innovating in a hurry to hold off the US giant."
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Mini-Laptops look like the Next Big Electronics Change
Will Mini Laptops push Dell and HP to the brink if the become the acceptable home and/or office computer?
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Starcraft II info explosion!
From WWI session: See what team Blizzard had to say about the newfound power of the Zerg Queen, the upgraded Protoss Mothership and the reason behind de-emphasizing heroic classes.
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Google on How they Use Data to fight Web Spam
As the head of the webspam team at Google, I'm in charge of making sure your search results are as relevant and informative as possible. Webspam, in case you've never heard of it, is the junk you see in search results when websites successfully cheat their way into higher positions in search results or otherwise violate search engine quality ....
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The Art of Ousting Mugabe
By proceeding with his one-candidate election on Friday, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has thumbed his nose at the international community. So what is the international community going to do to ensure compliance with democratic norms by the leader of a landlocked country whose economy is in free fall...
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9,000 Canadians petition Steve Jobs for iPhone rate relief
iPhone rate plans in Canada are EXPENSIVE.
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The Books That Changed Your Lives
On Thursday we asked you what books have changed your life, and over 250 thoughtful comments later, it's clear you all have book shelves stuffed with meaningful tomes. Now it's time to share the love. Today we've compiled some of the titles that you mentioned the most, with summaries so you can check 'em out further—and get a glimpse into the minds
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Sexes split over one night stands
Many women are left unhappy in the aftermath of casual sexual encounters. Four out of five men, in contrast, said they were happy with a brief fling.
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Massage, not work, on the Kibutz in Israel
Here is an oxymoron - the socialist Kibutz movement is finding great capitalist success in its growing hotel network. Ecology is one of the biggest focal points with organic farms and recycled playgrounds.
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