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A great piece. I fully agree with Guillem Balague on every point. - Kevin Singarayar

These are some kickass images of stellar interlopers! - Kevin Singarayar

Introducing the Nokia N97, the next generation high-end mobile phone from Nokia. Described by Nokia folks as a “handheld computer” this device is a pretty comfortable high-end phone. It has a tilting (resistive) touch-screen display, and is the first N-series phone with a QWERTY keyboard. It has 32 gigabytes of memory, expandable to 42 GB via 16 GB memory card. It has a digital compass, a 1500 milliamp battery, and DVD quality video capture. It’s extremely comfortable to hold, easy to use, and represents a solid solid evolution of the Nokia smarthphone line. - Kevin Singarayar

6 reasons why Tim O'Reilly loves Twitter. Good read. - Kevin Singarayar

2009 is going to be the year for netbooks. You may want to get a headstart and read this. - Kevin Singarayar

Research published in the December issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology suggests that brown rats, the biggest and most common rats in Europe, may now be carrying bacteria that can cause serious heart disease in humans. - Kevin Singarayar

The app seems to work amazing well, even with my Scottish accent. I can imagine that those with a more relaxed pronunciation of the English language may well have problems. - Paul Grav

Fine with Indian accents, at least mine. Even gets my name - Deepak Singh

With Google’s (GOOG) announcement last week that it would begin showing sponsored results for video searches on YouTube, a lot of advertisers and producers have begun to consider a new opportunity to tap into the web’s largest pool of online videos and viewers. - Kevin Singarayar

“It might surprise parents to learn that it is not a waste of time for their teens to hang out online,” said Mizuko Ito, University of California, Irvine researcher and the report’s lead author. “There are myths about kids spending time online – that it is dangerous or making them lazy. But we found that spending time online is essential for young people to pick up the social and technical skills they need to be competent citizens in the digital age.” - Kevin Singarayar

Life is one big negotiation--be it with your boss, spouse, customers or the used-car salesman. Formidable deal makers like Warren Buffett, Bill Clinton and sports agent Scott Boras tend to be born, not made. But talk to negotiating pros from the worlds of government, finance and media, and they'll admit there is at least some science to this art--and there's no better time to master it than in a severe economic downtown. - Kevin Singarayar

Winter is upon us, and if you ride your bike to work you may want to think about making your own tire chains. This project doesn't look too hard to make, and I bet they would add a lot of safety to that cold morning commute. - Kevin Singarayar

Michael Arrington submits: Bucket tests and experimental products are one thing. But to mess with the real Google search is serious stuff. Why did they do it? - Kevin Singarayar

Download an excerpt from Simple Social Media Strategies. It's an excerpt of the first 14 pages of 50+, an update that Tinu Abayomi-Paul did to a version she wrote last year. Do read it. - Kevin Singarayar

"But before he arrives at the White House, he will probably be forced to sign off. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas. A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing president, but aides said that seemed doubtful... For all the perquisites and power afforded the president, the chief executive of the United States is essentially deprived by law and by culture of some of the very tools that other chief executives depend on to survive and to thrive. Mr. Obama, however, seems intent on pulling the office at least partly into the 21st century on that score; aides said he hopes to have a laptop computer on his desk in the Oval Office, making him the first American president to do so." - Bret Taylor from Bookmarklet

Nixon was *all over* magnetic tape audio recording technology. With a top security clearance personal secretary as IT support, what could go wrong. - Micah Wittman

"Your wedding day is supposed to be a sweet and special day that you will remember for the rest of your life. Unfortunately, people with no class rarely gain any just because they’re tying the knot" - clarke thomas from Bookmarklet

That is just bad. Very wrong. - John-David Lusan

Identified by some psychologists and psychiatrists as part of an “extreme community” on the Internet that appears to encourage delusional thinking, a growing number of such Web sites are filled with stories from people who say they are victims of mind control and stalking by gangs of government agents. The sites are drawing the concern of mental health professionals and the interest of researchers in psychology and psychiatry. - Kevin Singarayar from Bookmarklet

I like the FriendFeed real-time (beta) feature, but it is frustrating to stay on the page to watch the updates. The mini window option is also not such a great solution, because you can't really pin it in one place. But I found an easy way that enables you to do that (and more). Just download Split Browser plugin for Firefox, and splits the content area of the browser window as you like. - Kevin Singarayar from Bookmarklet

Three white tigers mauled a Malaysian to death in Singapore's zoo on Thursday after the man jumped into their enclosure, a zoo official said. Nordin Bin Montong, 32, a Malaysian working as a cleaner at the zoo, leapt into the moat of the white tiger exhibit and was attacked, - Kevin Singarayar from Bookmarklet

We need to keep a tight leash on Stupidity. It's running rampant these days. - Kevin Singarayar

lmao! - Carmen

so now dubya has his own gang sign? - tiffany

"A Brazilian woman and a Frenchman have won the coveted title of Most Beautiful Bottom in the World. Contestants from 26 countries battled hard for the botty title, with 45 finalists vying to shake their toosh in a fetching fashion. The winners won 15,000 euros prize money and a modelling contract with underwear brand Sloggi." - FFing Enigma (aka Tina) from Bookmarklet

@ D/\VIID. No, No we don't. Speaking for myself only of course. :) - Steve C

"Misshapen fruit and vegetables won a reprieve on Wednesday from the European Union as it scrapped rules banning overly curved, extra knobbly or oddly shaped produce from supermarket shelves. Ending regulations on the size and shape of 26 types of fruit and vegetables, the European authorities killed off restrictions that had become synonymous with bureaucratic meddling. The rising cost of commodities also persuaded the European Commission that there was no point in throwing away food just because it looked strange." - FFing Enigma (aka Tina) from Bookmarklet

My only gripe on funky shaped veg is that they're harder to prep: that funky parsnip in the picture would be harder to clean and peel, for example. But other than than point of sheer laziness on my part, I really don't see the point in requiring aesthetically pleasing produce... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

WHAT IN THE - Mona Nomura

I can identify Kamilah - Kevin Singarayar

Wow, I didn't realize we were actually getting visual imaging of exoplanets already. - mikepk

This is breaking news. Read what the Scientific American has just published=> http://www.sciam.com/article... - Kevin Singarayar

Ahh I read it as the first image of *multiple* exoplanets... as if imaging one was old hat. - mikepk

Love edamame? Have no idea what edamame is? They're soybean pods. And the beans inside are delicious. Mmmm, soybeans, mmmm. Half the fun of eating them is kicking the scrumptious little bastards out of their pod home. Pop! Now you can get that feeling anywhere thanks to Bandai's Puni Puni Edamame keychain. The $6 gadget gives you that satisfaction of evicting soybeans whenever you want. Each bean has a different face on it, so you'll never get bored because each pod will contain three different faces! That's a lot of entertainment. For six dollars. Also, it says you're not supposed to eat them but I did anyways. I'm growing a bean plant in my tummy! - Kevin Singarayar from Bookmarklet

Blech!!! Is he really a winner, though? - Carmen

"Hey grandkids, let me tell you how I ate alot of testicles in 2008" - Last words spoken before he went to the old folks home - €€€€€€€€

...if you're sick and tired of being jerked around by Microsoft, and after Vista I would hope some of you would be, now is the perfect time to considering move to Linux or the Mac. Of course, you can keep hoping that Windows 7 will be the next great thing, but, based on what those of us who are taking a real look at what's coming, you're going to be sorely disappointed. - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols - Kevin Singarayar from Bookmarklet

Microsoft has really pissed me off recently with their announcements....app store, windows 7 etc. There is nothing new or original - they are continuing to copy Apple. - Anthony Feint

This must be some kind of mistake. Where's Mona? - Kevin Singarayar from Bookmarklet

Boy, that's freaky... - Kevin Singarayar from Bookmarklet

"Thank you for the link to my post Andy. I appreciate it." - Kevin Singarayar

A wonderful read on how we're approaching the clouds. - Kevin Singarayar