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Big broadcasters want to control more media outlets

Television – Major broadcasters let the FCC know this week that they want the agency to relax or remove most of its media ownership rules. They claim that this would be good for customers, but four academic studies and one FCC Commissioner aren't so sure.

View Story Discuss (0) (arstechnica.com) 622 days ago by Wil

Voted for on October 25, 2006 01:29pm

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Cool LED light turns nalgene bottles into lanterns

Gadgets & Tech – The Firefly, contains an integrated LED light which turns any nalgene bottle into a lantern. The Firefly's unique design allows it to be used right side up, upside down, or hanging from the nearest handy branch. (via boingboing)

View Story Discuss (0) (guyotdesigns.com) 622 days ago by Wil

Voted for on October 25, 2006 01:15pm

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Quebec Bans Electronic Voting

Gadgets & Tech – The Chief Electoral Officer of QuÃ;©bec has banned electronic voting. He said: "Not only did the systems fail, but the corrective measure proposed were insufficient, poorly adapted and often came too late."

View Story Discuss (1) (yro.slashdot.org) 622 days ago by Wil

Voted for on October 25, 2006 01:11pm

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Coraline Test Shooting Underway

Movies – Director Henry Selick is best known for his stop-motion films The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, and while it has been 10 years now since the latter film was released, Selick is ready to jump back into the frame-by-frame world of stop-motion with Coraline, which will be based on the popular children's book by Neil Gaiman.

View Story Discuss (0) (movies.ign.com) 622 days ago by Wil

Voted for on October 25, 2006 01:06pm

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35,000 in Bush's secret prisons

News – only %5 of which "may" have to do with terrorism

View Story Discuss (0) (correntewire.com) 622 days ago by jeremytoday

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:56pm

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Messenger Makes a Pass at Venus

Science – The Messenger probe -- the first spacecraft to go to Mercury in more than 30 years -- flew by Venus early Tuesday during the first of two passes that are part of a circuitous route ending with a year-long orbit of Mercury.

View Story Discuss (0) (wired.com) 622 days ago by Wil

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:53pm

Humans living far beyond planet's means
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Humans living far beyond planet's means

News – Humans are stripping nature at an unprecedented rate and will need two planets' worth of natural resources every year by 2050 on current trends, the WWF conservation group said on Tuesday

View Story Discuss (1) (news.yahoo.com) 623 days ago by okitech

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:52pm

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Science fiction in six words

News – "We'll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ('For sale: baby shoes, never worn.') and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves." E.g."Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?" - Eileen

View Story Discuss (11) (wired.com) 622 days ago by Jordan

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:49pm

What are the chances of aliens sniffing us out?
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What are the chances of aliens sniffing us out?

Science – Beaming signals into space to find ET could potentially be risky for Earth and its inhabitants. So researchers are developing a Richter-like scale to assess the chance that extraterrestrials could detect - and potentially react to - such signals.

View Story Discuss (6) (newscientistspace.com) 623 days ago by capn_caveman

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:44pm

DIGG in Acquisition Talks with Several Firms
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DIGG in Acquisition Talks with Several Firms

Gadgets & Tech – the price range they're looking for - at least $150 million - and will likely close a Series B round of financing instead.

View Story Discuss (9) (techcrunch.com) 623 days ago by SearchEngines

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:43pm

Kurt Cobain Replaces Elvis as Top-Earning Dead Celeb
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Kurt Cobain Replaces Elvis as Top-Earning Dead Celeb

Celebrities – According to Forbes.com, Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain has replaced Elivs Presley as the top-earning deceased celebrity. Other names on this list include Charles Schulz, John Lennon, Dr. Seuss, Ray Charles, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Marley and Albert Einstein.

View Story Discuss (59) (forbes.com) 623 days ago by shead

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:43pm

Republicans losing swing voters
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Republicans losing swing voters

Politics – Independents, a key swing voter group, overwhelmingly favor Democrats to take over the U.S. House of Representatives in Nov. 7 elections and strongly back Democrats on the major issues facing Americans, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Monday.

View Story Discuss (75) (elections.us.reuters.com) 623 days ago by jaxguy

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:42pm

Olberman Video: GOP Advertising Terrorism
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Olberman Video: GOP Advertising Terrorism

Politics – Keith Olberman points out the conflict of interest inhearant in the GOP brodcasting Bin Laden's message in campaign ads.

View Story Discuss (310) (youtube.com) 622 days ago by inaroundabout

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:42pm

NYC Mayor Admits First WTC Cleanup Was Rushed
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NYC Mayor Admits First WTC Cleanup Was Rushed

News – Mayor Michael Bloomberg's explanation that the city's cleanup of the World Trade Center site was done quickly out of respect for victims' families did little to quell the anger of some who fear the remains of their loved ones were overlooked.

View Story Discuss (57) (abcnews.go.com) 622 days ago by jeremytoday

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:42pm

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The New Mozilla Recommended Add-ons List

Gadgets & Tech – With the release of Firefox 2.0, Mozilla has relaunched its "recommended add-ons page." Out goes the old list of 11 recommendations and in comes a new list of 20. Tech Crunch looks at the winners and losers.

View Story Discuss (0) (techcrunch.com) 622 days ago by Wil

Voted for on October 25, 2006 12:40pm

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