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NBC Employee Fired for Leaking Today Shows Embarrassing Internet Cluelessness

Posted on February 5, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

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

Posted on February 5, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

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

Posted on February 5, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

 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

Posted on February 5, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

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

Posted on February 5, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

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?

Posted on February 5, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

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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iPhone 4 to get AT&T mobile hotspot capabilities on February 13th? — Engadget

Posted on February 3, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

By Vlad Savov posted Feb 3rd 2011 5:26AM So you might have noticed a few reviews of Verizon’s iPhone 4 crop up last night, nothing unusual about that, but a couple of its reviewers have had something to say about … Continue reading →

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A Bridge This Fine—and Eco-Friendly—Deserves To Be Made

Posted on February 3, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

Can we make a rule, architects and city-planners, to always include wind turbines in bridges from now on? Not only do they look absolutely fantastico, they could also perform a vital role in the future. Come see a closer view:

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Spray-on Skin Is a Reality

Posted on February 3, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

The skin gun is not science fiction—it’s a prototype medical device that literally sprays skin cells onto burn victims to re-grow skin. Old methods like skin grafts took weeks to heal; the skin gun needs about an hour.We’ve heard about … Continue reading →

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BGR | Boy Genius Report

Posted on February 3, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

AT&T introduces hotspot data plan; gives extra 2GB to those tethering By: Andrew Munchbach | Feb 2nd, 2011 at 03:58PM 3 Comments Today, via a press release, AT&T announced one addition and one change to its smartphone data plan offerings. … Continue reading →

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