Small Earthquake Hits Los Angeles (1)
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A 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook Los Angeles and surrounding areas at 7:50pm local time Thursday. The quake was centered about a mile south of San Bernardino, and was felt across Los Angeles, San Pedro and Orange County. There were no reports of damage or injuries. Experts claim that Los Angeles is due for a large quake after a long stretch of relative quietness. A 5.4 quake shook Los Angeles is July 2008, the largest quake ...
Dark Knight Big Winner at People’s Choice Awards 2009 (1)
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The Dark Knight was the big winner at this year’s People’s Choice Awards, winning five gongs including favorite movie and on-screen pairing for stars Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. Carrie Underwood took three People’s Choice Awards for favorite female singer, country song “Last Name,” and star under 35 years-old. Adam Sandler was named funniest male star, Reese Witherspoon favorite female movie star, and Kate Hudson top leading lady. Other winners included Dancing With the Stars ...
NewsGator Launches AdBurner: Wide 2.0 Ad Service (1)
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NewsGator has launched AdBurner, an advertising solution that seeks to optimizes ad placement, management, and revenue across any platform. Adburner is aimed at optimizing the CPM for, and process of, inserting and managing advertising into NewsGator’s publisher products suite, including services including widgets, related content, and iPhone applications. Launch partners include Technorati Media, Admeld, Gigya, Medialets, and Tremor Media. NewsGator says the premise behind the creation of AdBurner is “the realization that a significant roadblock ...
UFO Destroys Wind Turbine (3)
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A wind turbine in England has been destroyed, and one of it’s 65 foot long blades is missing in a strange case locals are blaming on UFO’s. Locals started reporting strange “flashing orangey-yellow spheres over Lincolnshire” the evening before the mystery destruction. Then at 4am, locals heard a “massive bang” and reported lights in the vicinity of the noise. By dawn, what you see in the above picture was what remained, and the missing blade ...
Drew Olanoff shared as favorite Burger King Facebook App Offers Free Whopper for Dumping 10 Friends (5)
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Taste is something Burger King isn’t famous for, and I’m not just talking about their food. Fresh from the offensive Whopper Virgins campaign, Burger King’s latest crass attempt to sell Hamburgers is a Facebook application that gives users a free Whooper if they dump 10 of their Facebook friends. Whopper Sacrifice explains it as follows: What would you do for a free WHOPPER®? Would you insult an elected official? Would you do a naked handstand? ...
Microsoft Offering 2.5 million copies of Windows 7 Beta For Free (5)
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Microsoft has announced that it offer 2.5 million downloadable copies of Windows 7 beta for free. The latest operating system from Microsoft leaked online late last year, and has been a popular download on BitTorrent and other P2P downloading services. The deal does naturally come with a couple of catches. The biggest is that the beta will expire, although generously you’ll get to use it until August 1, 2009. The other catch is that the ...
Now We’re Talking: Laid Off Journalists Start News Sites (6)
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While many journalists, current and former bemoan the fall of newspapers, some unemployed journalists are responding by starting their own news sites. The Arizona Guardian comes from four laid-off East Valley Tribune workers, three writers and an editor and covers the happenings at the Arizona Legislature. The site is free for now, but plans to offer a subscription version in the future. . Nick Martin, also previously with the East Valley Tribune has started Heat ...
The Future of Television has Arrived: CES Internet TV Roundup (1)
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As we covered extensively last year, most major TV manufacturers were planning to launch internet enabled television in 2009; the future is here. Here’s a round up of what’s been released at CES. The biggest question last year was how open the platforms would be; or more precisely how closed they would be. Details included where available. Sharp Along with new screen technology, Sharp Internet enabled televisions will have access to the “Sharp Aquos Network ...
How Not to Fill Up a Car (1)
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The YouTube title for this video reads “Lazy girl tries to pump gas and falls on ass” which would be an accurate description. Certainly it’s a video demonstrating how not to fill your car up with gas. Gas fail. Related PostsSign FailObscene: Chrysler Spending Bailout Money on Ads Thanking America for Bailout MoneySanta FailFail: Motivational Company lays off 34 PeopleWhoops: turns out the Indian Navy didn’t sink a Pirate Ship last week, they sunk a ...
Viral Video Pet Store (4)
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College Humor nails internet memes again with a new video: viral video pet store. Getting a pet these days isn’t simply for championship, it’s about what they can do on YouTube Related PostsOnion Writer places joke up for Auction on eBay. No, SeriouslyThe Secret Lives of TV News Anchors ExposedWii Baby Gut LaughThe Inquisitr’s Top Odd + Funny Posts for 2008The perfect gift for that special co-workerChristmas Morning: The Pokemon KidShakespeare TentWanted Terrorist
How small a bowl will a Cat fit into? Let’s Find Out (2)
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Cats are amazing creatures, and one thing they are good at is getting into tight spaces. But how tight? The cat in this video can wedge itself in a small bowl. Note to the hippies: no animals were harmed in the making of this film. Related PostsWhat happens when you duct tape a cat?
Could Skype be a Web-Ex Killer? (7)
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Skype has launched a new Mac client that adds one particularly interesting feature: desktop sharing. The new Skype allows call or chat participants to share all or part of their desktops on demand, emulating the core service of Web-Ex and a pile of similar companies. There’s some other interesting new features as well, Twitter like status messages, WiFi access and better usability, but it’s the screen sharing that is potentially the most disruptive. All of ...
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li Trailer (2)
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is the second live-action film based on the Street Fighter series of video games. It follows the quest of Street Fighter character Chun-Li (Smallville’s Kristin Kreuk). The story follows Chun Li’s personal history and her journey for justice. Co-stars include Neal McDonough, Chris Klein, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Black Eyed Peas singer Taboo as Vega. The film is scheduled for release in February 27, 2009. Here’s the Street Fighter: ...
Can a Jedi lightsaber cut through Superman? (53)
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Can a Jedi lightsaber cut through Superman? The answer is surprisingly no. Yahoo Answers is the service that continues to give. Full discussion on the question here. Related PostsMicrosoft Rumored to be Preparing Large Scale Jobs CutsYahoo: We’ll Only Keep Your Data For 3 MonthsYahoo Layoffs result in Epic Sensitivity FailYahoo suffers down timeInternet Radio Wrap: LAUNCHcast Goes CBS, Pandora Hits New Milestone[NEWS FLASH] Yahoo+Microsoft - once more with feelingMemo to online companies: Please Stop ...
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Solon said:
obrigado, meu Deus, pelo Yahoo! Respostas.só vi coisa parecida há dez anos atrás, em uma Wizard, onde um leitor fez uma longa explicação sobre como o Demolidor utilizava seu "sonar" para saber que não havia mais nada a limpar depois de fazer cocô.
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Rina said:
Yet another reason why I love Yahoo Answers... and geeks. =)
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Vince said:
Nerd question of the week.
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Seynaeve said:
;-) En court:Hitting Superman with a red lightsaber is like hitting a normal human with a wet noodle.
Prank Targets Google With 9/11 Symbol Search ✈ ▌▌ (5)
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A prank targeting Google has resulted in a 9/11 related symbol query of ✈ ▌▌ become on of today’s largest search terms. The symbols, showing a plane flying into the World Trade Center have been searched for tens of thousands of times or more, placing the search term for several hours in the top 10 searched for terms in the United States. At the time of writing it ranked at 13. Who is running the ...
The Absolute Weirdest Thing You&8217;ll See This Week&8230;.or Longer (3)
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I’m just….no, This is….no, that’s not it. In fact I just don’t know how to describe this video. Exploding bananas on a mans face. The video comes with the title “Your Moment of Zen.” WTF doesn’t even start to fit it. Certainly the weirdest thing I’ve seen this week…perhaps ever. Related PostsLong Eared Rabits, Short Eared Rabbits now there are No Eared RabbitsFancy a cold beer and a live snake?Invention of 2009: Trouser Expander inflates ...
George Bush Foreign Policy 2000: Amazing (2)
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What a difference two terms can make. This classic clip from the 2000 Presidential debates features George Bush castigating Al Gore over among other things “nation building” foreign policy, with Bush referring to his focus on the United States remaining humble to earn respect. It’s actually staggering listening to it. Can’t say I disagree with him back then though (via Donklephant) Related PostsMeet Michael Dick: he got his balls handed to him by an 88 ...
Bill O’Reilly, Obama, Britney: Another Bad Day in Twitterland (2)
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Fresh from a phishing scam, Twitter continues its bad 2009 with the accounts of prominent members have been hacked. The Twitter accounts hacked include official accounts for Fox News, Barack Obama, Britney Spears, CNN’s Rick Sanchez and others for a total of 33 accounts. One tweet to the official Fox News account (pic above) stated simply that Bill O’Reilly is gay. The initial rumors suggested that the accounts had been compromised by the phishing scam, ...
FriendFeed Haters: You’re Doing it Wrong! (17)
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FriendFeed would appear to this year’s Twitter in a bad way, with haters coming out of the woodwork to knock the service. We covered some of a latest round Jan 3, in particular arguments relating to FriendFeed’s traffic. FriendFeed’s founder Paul Buchheit tackled the growth path in an excellent post here. One recurring meme is that FriendFeed is too busy, and that it will never become popular because they’ve targeted the product at first adopters ...
Bye Bye iPhoto: Google Finally Releases Picasa for Mac (6)
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Google has finally released Picasa for Mac. According to Google, Picasa for Mac brings all of the sharing and sync features of Picasa on Windows and Linux to Mac users. The software offers features including non-destructive editing, and the ability to keep track of photos anywhere on your hard drive, then automatically account for new images as you add them, something iPhoto doesn’t do. Picasa for Mac launches in Google Lab, so it may be ...
