Michael Jackson called for jury duty

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by John C Dvorak in General
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News of the absurd Dept.

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Will OSX eventually run Windows applications?

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by SN in General
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Will OSX run Windows applications?

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Computers Done Sexxxxy

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Uncle Dave in General
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Laptop Lingerie. Need I say more?

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Alienware intros Liquid-Cooled Quad-Card Graphics

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Smartalix in General
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Alienware is the first company to market with a
new Liquid Chilled Quad NVIDIA(r) SLI Graphics solution powered by
CoolIT Systems.

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IBM controls magnetism at atomic level

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Smartalix in General
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IBM researchers have created a way to explore and control magnetism at its fundamental atomic level.

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Combining Red Bull and alcohol reduces “perception” of impairment. But, you get just as drunk.

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Eideard in General
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Combining booze with “energy drinks” convinces folks they’re not as drunk as they really are.

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Google to raise $2 billion in cash

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Eideard in General
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Google offers more shares. Wants to add $2 billion to the $8 billion cash they’re sitting on. What do they intend to with it?

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From the “well duh” file: Prayer doesn’t help heart patients

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by SN in General
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From the “well duh” file…

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Insider Trading: Just Another Legal Perk Of The Job

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Uncle Dave in General
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Insider trading is legal if you’re in Congress.

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Sony’s Universal Media Disc facing last rites

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Eideard in General
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The PSP was launched a year ago. Sony was confident that yet-one-more proprietary format would be a “success”. Yeah, right.

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I Prefer Mushrooms To Be On My Pizza

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Uncle Dave in General
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Pentagon will be blowing up part of the desert. BOOM!

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World’s largest scientific instrument nearing completion — encompasses one cubic kilometer of ice!

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Eideard in General
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Down at the South Pole, the world’s largest scientific instrument is almost ready to start detecting cosmic neutrinos. It’s so big and so sensitive, it will use the Earth as a filter.

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Send Hoosiers Sundials — They’ll Need ‘Em

Published in March 31st, 2006
Posted by Uncle Dave in General
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Indiana bracing for clock reseting fiasco.

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John Wasn’t Invited to Apple’s Birthday Party?

Published in March 30th, 2006
Posted by Uncle Dave in General
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Nice tie!

Nine Least Likely Apple-Turns-30 Surprises

Only [two] days to Apple’s 30th birthday. Year 20 was celebrated with a limited-edition special edition Mac (a 250 MHz speed demon for just $7500!). But back then, Steve was on his forced hiatus, and no one believes he’d let Apple pull that shit again. So what’ll it be this year?

Nine least likely 30th anniversary Apple surprises

9. John C. Dvorak named product strategist
8. Steve and his Oracle pal Larry Ellison go hunting; Larry shoots Steve in the face
7. The iPhone Shuffle: hit a button, call a random number
6. iTunes for Linux
5. Solid gold 30th anniversary Mac: you can’t use it, but it sure looks posh
4. A Jobs-branded fashion line, with the ad slogan: “Here’s to the pretty ones.”
3. Apple Newton starts shipping again. Not with any upgrades, it just starts shipping again
2. Apple buys Disney, Mickey Mouse mascot replaced with Jonathan Ive
1. Steve wears a bowtie again — over his turtleneck

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Sharon Stone Wants a Nerd — Geeks Also Welcome

Published in March 30th, 2006
Posted by John C Dvorak in General
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And if you believe this story then I have a bridge for you…

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