The Infamous 2009 LimeWire Pizza Fiasco (91)
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July 1, 2009 - the day the music wars started in earnest. Last night the guys from Dovecote Records, a small music label based in New York, were hanging out at their local bar. Employees from file sharing startup LimeWire showed up to have a party. There was confusion over the ownership of some pizza, and a riot almost ensued. From the Dovecote Blog: Woman: “Who the FUCK are you? And why are you eating ...
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Kristian Salonen said:
This is so hilarious :'D
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Alon said:
Record labels vs. File sharing.
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deeped said:
Sign Of The Times'
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Spencer Shepard said:
I have not used Limewire in ages, but turnabout is fair play. Also, there are bars in Cleveland and Chicago that will serve free pizza during happy hour, so I feel sorry for NYC.
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Toy said:
Wowwwww!!!!!
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giginger said:
Awesome.
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Fernando said:
v weird if true
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Andrea said:
laugh
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JonTheGeek said:
This is too hilarious. Doesn't seem like it could possibly really happen.
CHART OF THE DAY: See, Google's Not That Big After All! (8)
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Google (GOOG) dominates the Internet search market, and it has been the fastest growing company around. But now that regulators have pounced, the company is desperate to prove it's not that big after all. Which is why it produced this little chart in its "See, We're Not Evil" presentation, in which it compares itself to Microsoft (MSFT), AT&T (ATT), Verizon (VZ), and IBM. See? Google doesn't even come close to their revenue and employee size ...
Being Slightly Overweight May Lead To Longer Life (18)
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Hugh Pickens writes "Findings of a new study show that underweight people and those who are extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight — but those who are only a little overweight actually live longer than people of normal weight. 'It's not surprising that extreme underweight and extreme obesity increase the risk of dying, but it is surprising that carrying a little extra weight may give people a longevity advantage,' said one of ...
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Bill said:
But did they account for the fact that BMI is a COMPLETELY BULLSHIT METHOD OF DETERMINING OBESITY LEVELS?!
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Kevin said:
All this means is that we're defining "overweight" wrong -- duh. Anyone can see that the current medical standards for "desirable" BMIs are ludicrous.
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fb2 said:
Hah!
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Mark said:
I win
Print Media: Slow On The Uptake (6)
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The world's most famous pop star dies. AOL blog TMZ breaks the news and breaks traffic records. Yahoo covers the news immediately and sees 800,000 pageviews in just 10 minutes. US Magazine? Well, it had already sent that week's issue to print, so it won't be able to cover the news for another seven days. And that issue it sent to print? Well, here's the back page: Read the rest of this story »
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Ryan said:
behind the times
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Chandu Thota said:
one more example why print media is struggling...
A Picture Is Worth About $138 Million (69)
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The quick lens of U.S. Navy sonar technician Ronald Dejarnett was able to capture this Air Force F-22 going supersonic over the Gulf of Alaska as the pilot did his best Top Gun flyby impression. [U.S. Navy]
One million frames per second? Yes please (8)
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If you had a camera that could shoot a million frames per second (that’s 1000 times slower motion than an Exilim EX-FC100 and five times slower than a Typhoon HD4), what would you try to capture? Probably a bullet impacting on some incredibly hard surface, right? Good news, friend! Someone does have a camera that shoots a million FPS, and they did capture a bullet impacting on some hard surface. The video above is just ...
Nintendo Wii sets record as fastest-selling console in the US (9)
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The Wii has already set more than its share of sales records, but it looks like Nintendo has now claimed another big one, with the latest NPD figures indicating that the Wii has become the fastest-selling console ever in the United States. That milestone was apparently marked when the Wii sailed past 20 million consoles sold after just 31 months on the market, although that number is of course just a small part of the ...
Smartphone Buyers Guide: The Best of the Best [Cellphones] (55)
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As the dust settles from the last two weeks of mobile madness, one question remains unanswered: Which of the new generation of smartphones should you buy? We've collected everything you need to know. We've selected the five phones that most feel like modern handsets to us—the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G S, the Palm Pre, the HTC Magic (or, as we soon expect, the T-Mobile G2) and the BlackBerry Storm—and broken them down by hardware, software ...
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Jay said:
Gah! I need the G2 in my life!
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Erik Simko said:
Gizmodo doesn't consider N97 a smartphone
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Damon said:
Still no headphone jack on the G2? WTF mate?!?
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Niranjan said:
If you need to make up your mind about which one of those shiny thingies to buy...
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tosch said:
But what about windows mobile. Its so awesome.
10 of the coolest and most powerful supercomputers of all time (14)
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For decades, supercomputers have helped scientists perform calculations that would not have been possible on regular computers of that time. Not only has the construction of supercomputers helped push the envolope of what is possible within the computing field, but the calculations supercomputers have performed for us have helped further both science and technology, and ultimately our lives. This post pays tribute to some of the most powerful supercomputers the world has seen, all the ...
Hey, Graduates, Check Out These CEOs' First Jobs (SLIDESHOW) (13)
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Start → Hitting the streets this month, the class of 2009 has it tough. Unemployment is high -- 9.4% -- so whatever jobs the graduates do land this summer probably won't be the stuff of their ambitious dreams. But you know what? Some of the very most powerful executives in tech and media didn't start their careers in glamorous positions, either. Read the rest of this story »
A look inside the fastest supercomputer in Europe (14)
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What is now the fastest supercomputer in Europe was recently unveiled at a research institute in Jülich, Germany. The computer, named Jugene, is capable of a massive one trillion computing operations per second.Here are some facts about the Jugene supercomputer:Based on IBM’s Blue Gene/P architecture.Computing capacity: 1 petaflop/second.That equals the computing power of more than 50,000 PCs.294,912 processor cores.Processor type: 32-bit PowerPC 450 at 850 MHz.144 terabytes of RAM.Mounted in 72 racks.Network bandwidth: 5.1 gigabyte/second ...
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