Daily Archives: February 5, 2011

NBC Employee Fired for Leaking Today Shows Embarrassing Internet Cluelessness

So, that video exposing Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbels complete ignorance of the internet? The one where they literally ask “What is the internet?” NBCs canned the person responsible for the leak. Hey NBC—it was 1994. Chill out.According to a … Continue reading

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Apple to release iOS 4.3 on February 14th

Contradicting earlier reports suggesting AT&T might enable Apple’s new Personal Hotspot feature on February 13th, which would require a release of iOS 4.3 on or before that date, MacStories reports that Apple is set to issue the new software a … Continue reading

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Incredible ‘Garbage City’ Rises Outside of Cairo | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World

 This oddly fascinating metropolis is actually a very efficient waste management system: food scraps are fed to livestock, what can be repaired is, and everything else is recycled, sold for scrap, or burned for fuel. The Zabbaleen live at poverty … Continue reading

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“The Daily Show” & “The Colbert Report” Return to Hulu

Hulu has announced that it has closed a major deal with Viacom, the owner of Comedy Central, VH1, BET and TV Land. As part of the arrangement, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will be making their triumphant return … Continue reading

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Verizon Wireless to throttle data speeds of heaviest users, optimize content; starts today | BGR | Boy Genius Report

According to a PDF memo available on Verizon Wireless’ website for now, the company will begin to throttle the data-throughput speeds of customers that consume an “extraordinary amount of data” and “seamlessly” optimize content for smartphones. Hit the jump to … Continue reading

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Is This UFO Caught By Multiple Cameras a Real Alien Spaceship?

I’m always skeptical about little green men and their flying machines. There’s always one nutter/hoaxer claiming to have captured an UFO on a blurry film. This time, however, it’s hard to dismiss because multiple people caught it at the same … Continue reading

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